Scapteromys meridionalis

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Scapteromys
Species: Scapteromys meridionalis

Name

Scapteromys meridionalis Quintela, Gonçalves, Althoff, Sbalqueiro, Oliveira & Freitas, 2014: 213

• Holotype: FURB 20253 (original number FQ 82), adult ♂, skin, skull, post-cranial skeleton and fluid-preserved left forefoot and hindfoot, collected by F.M. Quintela on 16 October 2012.
• Type locality: “São Francisco de Paula municipality (29°29’73”S, 50°13’49”W; 913 m above sea level), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Quintela, F.M., Gonçalves, G.L., Althoff, S.L., Sbalqueiro, I.J., Oliveira, L.F.B. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2014. A new species of swamp rat of the genus Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) endemic to Araucaria angustifolia forest in southern Brazil. Zootaxa 3811(2): 207–225. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.2.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Plateau Swamp Rat