Necromys lactens

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
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Necromys
Species: Necromys lactens

Name

• Necromys lactens (Thomas, 1918)

Holotype: BMNH 18.1.1.37, adult ♀, skull.

Type locality: “Leon [= León], Jujuy, Argentina, elevation 1500 m.”

Combinations

• Akodon lactens Thomas, 1918: 188 [original combination]
• Bolomys lactens: Thomas, 1926: 605 [name combination]
• Necromys lactens: Massoia, 1985: 4 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Akodon orbus Thomas, 1919: 497 [synonymised by Cabrera, 1961]

Holotype: BMNH 19.2.7.45, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Otro Cerro” Catamarca Prov., Argentina (= Otro Cerro, 28°45′S, 66°17′W, 2,023 m, Capayán, Catamarca, about 4 km SSE of Cerro Catalán clarified by Pardiñas et al. 2007).

• Bolomys negrito Thomas, 1926: 312 [synonymised by Cabrera, 1961]

Holotype: BMNH 25.12.13.39, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Las Paras [= Las Pavas], about 4000 m” Tucumán Prov., Argentina.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1918. On small mammals from Salta and Jujuy collected by Mr. E. Budin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 1: 186–193.
• Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from “Otro Cerro”, north- eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 3: 489–500.
• Thomas, O. 1926. 1926a. Two new mammals from North Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17: 311–313.
• Thomas, O. 1926. The Spedan Lewis South American exploration.— III. On mammals collected by Sr. Budin in the Province of Tucuman. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17: 602–609.
• Cabrera, A. 1961. Catálogo de los mamíferos de América del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘Bernardino Rivadavia,’’ Zoología 4: xxii + 309–732.
• Massoia, E. 1985. El estado sistemático de algunos muroideos estudiados por Ameghino en 1889 con la revalidación del género Necromys (Mammalia, Rodentia, Myomorpha). Circ. Inf. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 14: 4.

Links

• Necromys lactens 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: Necromys lactens  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: White-chinned Akodont