Neusticomys peruviensis

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: Ichthyomyini
Genus: Neusticomys
Species: Neusticomys peruviensis

Name

• Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974)

Holotype: LSUMZ 14407, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Balta (10º08'S, 17º13'W), at the point where the streams known to the local Cashinahua Indians as the Inuya and the Xumuya enter the Río Curanja, elevation 300 meters, Departamento de Loreto, Perú.”

Combinations

• Daptomys peruviensis Musser & Gardner, 1974 : 7 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Musser, G.G. & Gardner, A.L. 1974. A new species of the ichthyomyine Daptomys from Peru. American Museum Novitates 2537: 1–23. hdl: 2246/2740 Reference page. 

Links

• Neusticomys peruviensis 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.
• Vivar, E. & Zeballos, H. 2016. IUCN: Neusticomys peruviensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14743A22336941. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14743A22336941.en}}

Vernacular names

English: Peruvian Ichthyomyine, Peruvian Fish-eating Rat