Rhipidomys leucodactylus
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: Rhipidomys leucodactylus
Name
editRhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Holotype:
- Type locality: “im Oststriche,” i.e., the eastern region of Peru visited by Tschudi, herein restricted to the Montaña de Vitoc area in Junín, Peru (Tribe, 2015: 601, 602).
Combinations
edit- Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) leucodactylus Tschudi, 1845: 183 [original combination]
- Nyctomys leucodactylus: Fitzinger, 1867: 89 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
edit- Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) sclateri Thomas, 1887: 152
- Rhipidomys goodfellowi Thomas, 1900: 270
- Rhipidomys bovallii Thomas, 1911: 114
- Rhipidomys lucullus Thomas, 1911: 115
- Rhipidomys equatoris Thomas, 1915: 312
- Rhipidomys rex Thomas, 1927: 600
- Rhipidomys leucodactylus aratayae Guillotin & Petter, 1984: 541
References
editPrimary references
edit- Tschudi, J.J. von 1844–1846. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Therologie. Scheitlin und Zollikofer: St. Gallen. 262 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Fitzinger, L.J. 1867. Versuch einer natürlichen Anordnung de Nagethiere (Rodentia). Sitzungsber. Math. Naturwiss. Cl. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 56: 57–168 [separately numbered from pp. 1–112].
- Thomas, O. 1887. On the small mammals collected in Demerara by Mr W. L. Sclater. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887: 150–153 + 1 plate.
- Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 5: 269–274.
- Thomas, O. 1915. A new genus of phyllostome bats and a new Rhipidomys from Ecuador. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 16: 310–312.
- Thomas, O. 1927. The Godman-Thomas expection to Peru.— VI. On mammals from the upper Huallaga and neighbouring highlands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 20: 594–608.
- Guillotin, M. & Petter, F. 1986. Un Rhipidomys nouveau de Guyane française, R. leucodactylus aratayae ssp. nov. (Rongeurs, Cricétidés). Mammalia 48: 541–544. [1985 vol. 49, no. 4: pp. 445ff. “Achevé d’imprimer le 20 mars 1986.”]
Vernacular names
editEnglish: White-footed Climbing Mouse