Neacomys tenuipes

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
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Neacomys
Species: Neacomys tenuipes

Name

Neacomys tenuipes Thomas, 1900

• Holotype: BMNH 99.10.3.74, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by G.D. Child on 16 January 1896.
• Type locality: “Guaquimay, near Bogotá”, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Combinations

• Neacomys spinosus tenuipes Thomas, 1900: 153 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Neacomys tenuipes: Lawrence, 1941: 425 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1900. New South-American mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 5: 148-153. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Neacomys tenuipes  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Slender Foot Spiny Mouse