Scapteromys
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Scapteromys
Species (3 + 1†): S. aquaticus – †S. hershkovitzi – S. meridionalis – S. tumidus
Name
edit- Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837: 20
Type species: Mus tumidus Waterhouse, 1837, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Waterhouse, G.R. 1837. Characters of new species of the genus Mus, from the collection of Mr. Darwin. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837(part V): 15–21, 27–32.
Additional references
edit- Hershkovitz, P. 1966. South American swamp and fossorial rats of the Scapteromyine Group (Cricetinae, Muridae) with comments on the glans penis in murid taxonomy. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 31: 81–149.
- D′Elía, G. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2004. Systematics of Argentinean, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan swamp rats of the genus Scapteromys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 85(5): 897–910. DOI: 10.1644/BRB-201
- Bonvicino, C.R., Fernandes, F.A., Viana, M.C., Teixeira, B.R. & D’Andrea, P.S. 2013. Scapteromys aquaticus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in Brazil with comments on karyotype and phylogenetics relationships. Zoologia 30(2): 242–247. DOI: 0.1590/S1984-46702013000200016
- Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2013. New Data on Scapteromys hershkovitzi Reig, 1994 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Pliocene of Argentina. Ameghiniana 50(6): 593–597. DOI: 10.5710/AMGH.27.09.2013.642 Full article (PDF)
- D’Elía, G. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2015. Genus Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837. Pp. 269–274 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Links
edit- Scapteromys 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.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Swamp Rat