Lundomys molitor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Lundomys
Species: Lundomys molitor

Name

Lundomys molitor (Winge, 1888)

Holotype: not determined.

Lectotype: ZMUH no catalog number, adult indet., cranial fragment. [designated by Voss & Carleton (1993: 5)]

Type locality: “Lapa do Capão Secco [= Lapa do Capão Seco], da Escrivania [= Escrivânia] Nr. 5 og da Serra das Abelhas”; fixed by lectotype designation to “Lapa da Escrivania [= Escrivânia] Nr. 5”, a cave excavated by P. W. Lund near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, by Voss & Carleton (1993: 6).

Combinations

Hesperomys molitor Winge, 1888: 14 [original combination]
Oryzomys molitor: Trouessart, 1897: 528 [name combination]
[Calomys] molitor: Hershkovitz, 1962: 123 [name combination]
Holochilus molitor: Massoia, 1980: 282 [name combination]
Lundomys molitor: Voss & Carleton, 1993: 5 [name combination]

Synonyms

Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz, 1955: 657 [synonymised by Voss & Carleton, 1993: 5]

Holotype: FMNH 29258, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Paso de Averías, Río Cebollati, about 40 km south of Trienta y Tres [Lavalleja], eastern Uruguay.”

References

Primary references

Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page.
Hershkovitz, P. 1955. South American marsh rats, genus Holochilus, with a summary of sigmodont rodents. Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 619–673.
Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3085: 1–39. hdl: 2246/4982 Reference page.

Links

Lundomys molitor 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: Lundomys molitor (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Lund’s Water Rat