Hylaeamys megacephalus

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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Muroidea 
Template:Simplicidentata

Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Hylaeamys
Species: Hylaeamys megacephalus

Name

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Hylaeamys megacephalus (G. Fischer, 1814)

Holotype: not assigned; based on Azara’s (1801, 1802) "rat second ou rat a grosse téte" and "del cola igual al cuerpo".

Neotype: UMMZ 133811, adult ♂, skin, skull and body in alcohol. [designated by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner (1998: 251)]

Type locality: not assigned; “Paraguay east of the Río Paraguay, Departamento de Canendiyu [= Canindeyú], 13.3 km (by road) N Curuguaty (24°31′S/55°42′W, 255 m),” based on neotype designation by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner (1998: 251)

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Vernacular names

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English: Azara’s Hylaeamys