Scolomys ucayalensis

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

Scolomys ucayalensis Pacheco, 1991: 1

Holotype: MUSM 7454, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by V. Pacheco on 2 May 1990.
Type locality: “Centro de Invesgicationes ‘Jenaro Herrera’, 2.8 km E of Jenaro Herrera, department of Loreto, right bank of the Ucayali river; at 135 m elev.; 73°39′W, 04°52′S”, Peru.

Scolomys juruaense Patton & Silva, 1995: 324 [synonymised by Goméz-Laverde, Anderson & García, 2004: 132]
- Holotype: MPEG 23824, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by J.L. Patton on 19 September 1991.
- Type locality: “Seringal Condor, left bank Rio Juruá, Amazonas, Brazil 70°51′W, 6°45′S”.

Pacheco, V. 1991. A new species of Scolomys (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Serie A Zoología 37: 1–3. PDF Reference page.
Patton, J.L. & Silva, M.N.F. 1995. A review of the spiny mouse genus Scolomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with the description of a new species from the western Amazon of Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 319–337. BHL Reference page.
Gómez-Laverde, M., Anderson, R.P. & García, L.F. 2004. Integrated systematic reevaluation of the Amazonian genus Scolomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian Biology 69(2): 119–140. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00126 Reference page.

English: Ucayali South American Spiny Mouse