Pattonomys carrikeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

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: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Genus: Pattonomys
Species: Pattonomys carrikeri

Name

• Pattonomys carrikeri (J.A. Allen, 1911)

Holotype: AMNH 31530, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “San Esteban,” Carabobo, Venezuela.

Combinations

• Loncheres carrikeri J.A. Allen, 1911: 251 [original combination]
• [Echimys] carrikeri: Thomas, 1916: 295 [subsequent combination]
• Pattonomys carrikeri: Emmons, 2005: 282 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1911. Mammals from Venezuela collected by Mr. M.A. Carriker, Jr., 1909–1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30 (10): 239–273. handle.
• Emmons, L.H. 2005. A revision of the genera of arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia: Echimyidae, Echimyinae), with descriptions of two new genera. Pp. 247–334 In Lacey, E.A. & Myers, P. (eds.). Mammalian diversification: from chromosomes to phylogeography. University of California Publications in Zoology 133: v-viii + 1–383 pp. DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520098534.003.0009 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Emmons, L.H. & Patton, J.L. 2015. Genus Pattomys Emmons, 2005. Pp. 910–915 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 
• Emmons, L.H. & Fabre, P.-H. 2018. A revision of the Pattonomys/Toromys clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with descriptions of a new Toromys species and a new genus. American Museum Novitates 3894: 1–52. handle. Reference page. 

Links

• Roach, N. & Naylor, L. 2016. IUCN: Pattonomys carrikeri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T90386442A90386445. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T90386442A90386445.en

Vernacular names

English: Carriker’s Speckled Tree Rat