Holochilus vulpinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Cladus: Gliriformes
Grandordo: Glires
Mirordo: Simplicidentata
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Supramyomorpha
Infraordo: Myomorphi
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Oryzomyini
Genus: Holochilus
Species: Holochilus vulpinus

Name

Holochilus vulpinus (Brants, 1827)

  • Holotype: ZMB MAM 1681, adult indet., skin and fragmented skull.
  • Type locality: “Brasil”; regarded as Rio Uruguay, southeastern Brazil, by Lichtenstein (1830); restricted to Maldonado, Uruguay, by Cabrera (1961), but Cerqueira (1975) convincingly placed the type locality in Brazil, on the banks of Rio Uruguay, between Itaqui and Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul.

Combinations

  • Mus vulpinus Brants, 1827: 137 [original combination]
  • H[olochilus]. vulpinus: Wagner, 1843: 554 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

  • Mus braziliensis Waterhouse, 1839: 58 [preoccupied by Mus brasiliensis Desmarest, 1819]
    • Holotype: BMNH 55.12.24.155, ♀, skull.
    • Type locality: “Bahia Blanca,” Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Holochilus darwini Thomas, 1897: 496 [replacement name for Mus braziliensis Waterhouse]

References

Primary references

  • Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, Volgens de Tegenswoordige toestand der Wetenschap in Familien, Geslachten en Soorten verdeeld. Gedrukt ter Akademische Boekdrukkery: Berlin. xii + 190 pp, 1 plate. BHL Reference page. 
  • Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Part II. Mammalia. In Darwin, C. (ed.). The zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the Years 1832–1836. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 2: xii + 97 pp., 35 plates. BHL
  • Thomas, O. 1897. Notes on some S.- American Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 19: 494–501.

Vernacular names

  • English: Crafty Marsh Rat
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