Melanomys caliginosus

Melanomys caliginosus

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Melanomys
Species: Melanomys caliginosus

Name

Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes, 1860)

• Holotype: BMNH 7.1.1.128.
• Type locality: “Ecuador”, stated to “doubtless Esmeraldas [Esmeraldas Province] (near sea level), Ecuador” by J. A. Allen (1913: 537).

Combinations

• Hesperomys caliginosus Tomes, 1860: 263 [original combination]
• Akodon caliginosus: Trouessart, 1897: 537 [name combination]
• Melanomys caliginosus: J. A. Allen, 1913: 537 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Oryzomys phaeopus Thomas, 1894: 355
  • Holotype: BMNH 59.11.1.9, adult ♂, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “Pallatanga [Chimborazo Prov.], Ecuador”.

• Oryzomys phaeopus obscurior Thomas, 1894: 356
  • Holotype: BMNH 73.11.5.5, adult indet., skin and skull.
  • Type locality “Concordia, Medellin, [Antioquia,] Colombia”.

References

Primary references

• Tomes, R.F. 1860. Notes on a third collection of Mammalia made by Mr. Fraser in the Republic of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28(1):260–268. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 14: 346–366.

Links

• IUCN: Melanomys caliginosus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Melanomys

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