Sooretamys angouya

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Sooretamys
Species: Sooretamys angouya

Name

Sooretamys angouya (G. Fischer, 1814)

Holotype: not assigned; based on Azara's (1801: 86) "Rat troisie`me, ou Rat Angouya."

Neotype: UMMZ 124201, adult ♂, skin, skull with intact dentition, and body in alcohol. [designed by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Carleton (1998: 300)]

Type locality: not assigned; “Paraguay east of the Río Paraguay, Departamento de Misiones, 2.7 km (by road) N of San Antonio”, based on neotype designation by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Carleton (1998: 300).

Combinations

Mus angouya G. Fischer, 1814: 71 [original combination]
Oryzomys anguya Trouessart, 1897: 525 [name combination and unjustified emendation of Mus angouya G. Fischer]
[Sooretamys] angouya: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 23 [name combination]

Synonyms

Mus buccinatus Olfers, 1818: 209
Mus angouya Desmarest, 1819: 62
Hesperomys leucogaster Wagner, 1845: 147
Hesperomys ratticeps Hensel, 1872: 36
Calomys rex Winge, 1888: 50
Oryzomys ratticeps tropicius Thomas, 1924: 143
Oryzomys ratticeps paraganus Thomas, 1924: 144

References

Primary references

Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Tertium. Quadrupedum reliquorum, cetorum et montrymatum descriptionem continens. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. xxiv + 732 pp. BHL Reference page.
Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. & Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 236: 1–376. hdl: 2246/1630 Reference page.
Weksler, M., Percequillo & Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1–29. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5815 Reference page.

Links

Sooretamys angouya 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: Sooretamys angouya (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Angouya Sooretamys