Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos

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: Wiedomyini
Genus: Wiedomys
Species: Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos

Name

• Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Holotype: AMNH 574, adult ♀, skin.

Type locality: “Riacho da Ressaque [=Ressaca],” a small tributary of the Rio Gavião (which flows into the Rio Contas), state of Bahia, Brazil (Hershkovitz 1959: 6).

Combinations

• Mus pyrrhorhinos Wied-Neuwied, 1821: 177 [original combination]
• Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos: Hershkovitz, 1959: 5 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Wied-Neuwied, M. 1821. Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren; 1815 bis 1817. Frankfurt a. M.: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 2: xviii + 345 pp. + 1 (unnumbered), 16 plates, 1 map.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1959. Two new genera of South American rodents (Cricetinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 5–9.

Additional references

• González, E.M. & Oliveira, J.A. 1997. La distribución geográfica de Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos (Wied, 1821) y Wilfredomys oenax (Thomas, 1928) (Rodentia: Muroidea). 12th Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología Resúmenes.
• Souza, A.L.G., Corrêa, M.M.O., Aguilar, C.T. & Pessôa, L.M. 2011. A new karyotype of Wiedomys pyrrhorhinus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Chapada Diamantina, northeastern Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba) 28(1): 92–96. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000100013

Links

• Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos 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: Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Red-nosed Wiedomys
português do Brasil: rato-de-palmatória