Necromys punctulatus

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 punctulatus

Name

• Necromys punctulatus (Thomas, 1894)

Holotype: BMNH 59.11.1.8.

Type locality: “Ecuador (probably Pallatanga).”

Combinations

• Acodon punctulatus Thomas, 1894: 361 [original combination]
• Akodon punctulatus: Trouessart, 1897: 536 [name combination]
• Zygodontomys punctulatus: Gyldenstolpe, 1932: 114 [name combination]
• Bolomys punctulatus: Voss, 1991: 4 [name combination]
• N[ecromys]. punctulatus: Galliari & Pardiñas, 2000: 226 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 14: 346–366.
• Voss, R.S. 1991. On the identity of "Zygodontomys" punctulatus (Rodentia: Muroidea). American Museum Novitates 3026: 1–8.
• Galliari, C.A. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2000. Taxonomy and distribution of the sigmodontine rodents of genus Necromys in central Argentina and Uruguay. Acta Theriologica 45(2): 211–232.

Links

• Necromys punctulatus 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 punctulatus  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Ecuadoran Akodont