Hylaeamys laticeps

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

Hylaeamys laticeps (Lund, 1840)

Lectotype: UZM 266, adult ♀, skin, skull and skeleton. [designated by Musser et al. (1998: 261)]

Type locality: “Rio das Velhas’s Floddal” (Lund, 1841: 292, 294), Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Combinations

Mus laticeps Lund, 1839: 233 [nomen nudum]
Mus laticeps Lund, 1840 preprint of Lund, 1841 [original combination]
Mus laticeps Lund, 1841: 279 [original combination]
Oryzomys laticeps: Thomas, 1894: 354 [name combination]
[Hylaeamys] laticeps: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 14 [name combination]

Synonyms

Calomys saltator Winge, 1888: 48 [renaming of Mus laticeps Lund]

Oryzomys seuanezi Weksler, Geise & Cerqueira, 1999: 454 [synonymised by Percequillo (2015: 339)]

Holotype: MNRJ 42678, adult ♂, skin, skull, partial skeleton and preserved tissues.

Type locality: “Fazenda União, Casimiro de Abreu municipality, Rio de Janeiro state (22°25′S, 42°02′W; 50 m).”

References

Primary references

Lund, P.W. 1839. Coup-d’oeil sur le espèces éteintes de mammifères du Brésil; extrait de quelques mémoires présentés à l’Academie royale des Sciences de Copenhague. Annales des sciences naturelles, serie 2, 11(Zoologie): 214–234. Reference page.
Lund, P.W. 1840. Tillaeg til de to sidste Afhandlinger over Brasiliens Dyreverden för sidste Jorgomvaeltning. Lagoa Santa, den 4de April 1839. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske Afhandlinger ser. 4 8: 273–296 + 3 pls. BHL Reference page.
Lund, P.W. 1840. Tillaeg til de to sidste Afhandlinger over Brasiliens Dyreverden för sidste Jorgomvaeltning. Lagoa Santa, den 4de April 1839. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske Afhandlinger ser. 4 8: 273–296 + 3 pls. BHL Reference page.
Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 14: 346–366.
Weksler, M., Geise, L. & Cerqueira, R. 1999. A new species of Oryzomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southeast Brazil, with comments on the classifi cation of the O. capito species group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 445–462.
Weksler, M., Percequillo & Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1–29. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5815 Reference page.

Links

Oryzomys laticeps 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.
IUCN: Hylaeamys laticeps (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Atlantic Forest Oryzomy, Large-headed Rice Rat