Neusticomys vossi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Ichthyomyini
Genus: Neusticomys
Species: Neusticomys vossi

Name

Neusticomys vossi Hanson, D’Elía, Ayers, Cox, Burneo & Lee, 2015: 4

• Holotype: QCAZ, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by T.E. Lee in August 2005.
• Type locality: “12 km by road northwest of Cosanga (0°31'70" S, 77°52'99" W), Napo Province, Ecuador (1900 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Hanson, J.D., D’Elía, G., Ayers, S.B., Cox, S.B., Burneo, S.F. & Lee, T.E., Jr. 2015. A new species of fish-eating rat, genus Neusticomys (Sigmodontinae), from Ecuador. Zoological Studies 54(49): 1–11. DOI: 10.1186/s40555-015-0126-7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Voss's Fish-eating Rat