Noronhomys vespuccii

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: †Noronhomys
Species: †Noronhomys vespuccii

Name

Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton & Olson, 1999: 10

• Holotype: MCP 3460-PV, nearly complete cranium with associated lower jaws, collected by S.L. Olson and 0.A. Roppa on 16 August 1973.
• Type locality: “Brazil, Territorio de Fernando de Noronha, Ilha Fernando de Noronha, late Quaternary beach dunes located near Ponta de Santo Antonio; approximately 3°50'S, 32°24'W”.

References

Primary references

• Carleton, M.D. & Olson, S.L. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256: 1–59. hdl: 2246/3097 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Vespucci's Rodent
português: Rato-de-vespúcio, Rato-de-noronha