Lenoxus apicalis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Lenoxus
Species: Lenoxus apicalis

Name edit

Lenoxus apicalis (J. A. Allen 1900)

Holotype:

Type locality: “Juliaca, Peru, altitude 6000 feet,” corrected to “Inca Mines [= Santo Domingo Mine], about 200 miles northeast of Juliaca, on the east side of the Andes, on the Inambary River [Río Inambarí],” Puno, Peru, by J. A. Allen (1901: 41).

Combinations edit

Oxymycterus apicalis J. A. Allen, 1900: 224 [original combination]
Lenoxus apicalis: Thomas, 1909: 236 [name combination]

References edit

Primary references edit

Allen, J.A. 1900. On mammals collected in southeastern Peru, by H. H. Keays, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 13: 219–227.
Thomas, O. 1909. Notes on some South American mammals, with descriptions of new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8 4: 230–242.

Links edit

Lenoxus apicalis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Lenoxus apicalis (Least Concern)

Vernacular names edit

English: Andean Rat