Rhipidomys latimanus

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: Thomasomyini
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: Rhipidomys latimanus

Name

• Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860)

Holotype:

Type locality: not given, but “the greater portion of these [species] are believed to have been collected at Pallatanga, on the western slope of the Cordillera” (Tomes 1860: 211), Chimborazo province, Ecuador.

Combinations

• Hesperomys latimanus Tomes, 1860: 213 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Rhipidomys microtis Thomas, 1896: 304
• Rhipidomys pictor Thomas, 1904: 193
• Rhipidomys mollissimus J. A. Allen, 1912: 78
• Rhipidomys cocalensis J. A. Allen, 1912: 79
• Rhipidomys quindianus J. A. Allen, 1913: 600
• Rhipidomys scandens Goldman, 1913: 8

References

Primary references

• Tomes, R.F. 1860. Notes on a second collection of Mammalia made by Mr. Fraser in the Republic of Ecuador. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860(part II): 211–221.
• Thomas, O. 1896. On new small mammals from the Neotropical region. The Annals And Magazine of Natural History series 6 18: 301-314. DOI: 10.1080/00222939608680459 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1904. New Callithrix, Midas, Felis, Rhipidomys and Proechimys from Brazil and Ecuador. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 14: 188–196.
• Allen, J.A. 1912. Mammals from western Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural Histoty 31: 71–95.
• Allen, J.A. 1913. New South American Muridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural Histoty 32: 597–604.
• Goldman, E.A. 1913. Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60: 1–20.

Links

• Rhipidomys latimanus 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: Rhipidomys latimanus  (Least Concern)
• Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Broad-footed Rhipidomys, Broad-footed Climbing Mouse, Northwestern Rhipidomys