Rhagomys rufescens

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
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Rhagomys
Species: Rhagomys rufescens

Name

• Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas, 1886)

Holotype: BMNH 86.2.8.5, adult ♀, skin and a damage skull.

Type locality: “Rio de Janeiro”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Hesperomys rufescens Thomas, 1886: 250 [original combination]
• Rhagomys rufescens: Thomas, 1917: 193 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1886. Description of a new Brazilian species of Hesperomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 17(99): 250–251. DOI: 10.1080/00222938609460140 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1917. On the arrangement of the South American rats allied to Oryzomys and Rhipidomys. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 20: 192-198. DOI: 10.1080/00222931709486990 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Percequillo, A.R., Gonçalves, P.R. & Oliveira, J.A. 2004. The rediscovery of Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas, 1886), with a morphological redescription and comments on its systematic relationships based on morphological and molecular (cytochrome b) characters. Mammalian Biology 69(4): 238–257. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00140
• Pinheiro, P.S., Hartmann, P.A. & Geise, L. 2004. New record of Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas 1886) (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 431: 1–11. Abstract & excerpt
• Steiner-Souza, F., Cordeiro-Estrella, R., Percequillo, A.R., Testoni, A.F. & Althoff, S.L. 2008. New records of Rhagomys rufescens (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Zootaxa 1824: 28–34.
• Testoni, A.F., Althoff, S.L., Nascimento, A.P., Steiner-Souza, F. & Sbalqueiro, I.J. 2010. Description of the karyotype of Rhagomys rufescens Thomas, 1886 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from Southern Brazil Atlantic forest. Genetics and Molecular Biology 33(3): 479–485. DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000071
• Passamani, M., Cerboncini, R.A.S. & Oliveira, J.E.. 2011. Distribution extension of Phaenomys ferrugineus (Thomas, 1894), and new data on Abrawayaomys ruschii Cunha and Cruz, 1979 and Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas, 1886), three rare species of rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List 7(6): 827–831. DOI: 10.15560/7.6.827
• Braga, C.A.C. & Pires, M.R.S. 2012. New distribution reports of Rhagomys rufescens (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) Thomas, 1886. Check List 8(3): 557–559.

Links

• Rhagomys rufescens 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: Rhagomys rufescens  (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Rufescent Rhagomys, Brazilian Arboreal Mouse
português do Brasil: Rato-do-mato-laranja, Rato-do-mato-de-laranjeira