Isothrix orinoci

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea
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: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Holotype: BMNH 99.11.9.45, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Maipoures, Upper Orinoco,” Vichada, Colombia.

Loncheres (Isothrix) bistriatus orinoci Thomas, 1899: 283 [original combination]
Echimys (Isothrix) bistriatus orinoci: Trouessart, 1904: 504 [name combination]
Isothrix bistriatus orinoci: Pittier & Tate, 1932: 264 [name combination but incorrect gender concordance]
Isothrix bistriata orinoci: Patton & Emmons, 1985: 12 [name combination with gender concordance correction]
Isothrix orinoci: Emmons, 2005: 299 [name combination, elevate to species status]

Thomas, O. 1899. Descriptions of new rodents from the Orinoco and Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 4(23): 378–383. DOI: 10.1080/00222939908678217 BHL Reference page.
Emmons, L.H. 2005. A revision of the genera of arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia: Echimyidae, Echimyinae), with descriptions of two new genera. Pp. 247–334 In Lacey, E.A. & Myers, P. (eds.). Mammalian diversification: from chromosomes to phylogeography. University of California Publications in Zoology 133: v-viii + 1–383 pp. DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520098534.003.0009 Reference page.

English: Orinoco Brush-tailed Rat