Mindomys hammondi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Mindomys
Species: Mindomys hammondi

Name

• Mindomys hammondi (Thomas, 1913)

Holotype: BMNH 13.10.24.58, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Mindo, N.W. of Quito[, (0°5'S, 78º50'W), on the Rio Mindo, a tributary of the Rio Blanco, Pichincha Prov., Ecuador]. Alt. 4213 ft. [=1,284 m].”

Combinations

• Nectomys hammondi Thomas, 1913: 570 [original combination]
• [Oryzomys] (Macruroryzomys) [hammondi]: Hershkovitz, 1948: 56 [name combination]
• [Mindomys] hammondi: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 16 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1913. New mammals from South America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8 12: 567–574.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1948. Mammals of northern Colombia. Preliminary report no. 3: water rats (genus Nectomys), with supplemental notes on related forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98: 49–56.
• 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. 

Additional references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1970. Supplementary notes on neotropical Oryzomys dimidiatus and Oryzomys hammondi. Journal of Mammalogy 51(4): 789–794. DOI: 10.2307/1378303

Links

• Mindomys hammondi 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: Mindomys hammondi  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Hammond’s Mindomys