Isothrix negrensis

O. Thomas, 1920

Rio Negro Brush-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Parvorder : Caviomorpha
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Echimyini
Genus : Isothrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-09-01. On mammals from the lower Amazons in the Goeldi Museum, Para. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(33):266-283.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240075

Original name as described

Isothrix bistriata negrensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.1.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f96a8de-befc-4ac2-946c-8135568e519d

Type locality

"Aca Acajutuba, lower on the Rio Negro, near its mouth" (= a little above Manaus on the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001406

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Isothrix bistriata negrensis

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

negrensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.1.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f96a8de-befc-4ac2-946c-8135568e519d

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240075

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Isothrix bistriatus negrensis

Tate, 1939

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

negrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1939:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Isothrix negrensis

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

negrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Emmons (2006:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136751/22211518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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