Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1582

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347608
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73008367-2EE8-E088-B3AE-A867766AB4F2
treatment provided by	Guido
scientific name	Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)
status

Treatment

Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909) View in CoL

[Echimys] laticeps Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 240.

Type Locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Joinville.

Vernacular Names: Broad-headed Spiny Rat.

Synonyms: Clyomys spinosus ( Winge 1887) .

Distribution: Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E Brazil) in savanna habitats.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Highly fossorial and colonial. Karyotype has 2n=34 and FN=64 ( Yonenaga, 1975).

References

Copyright notice

No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Echimyidae
SubFamily	Eumysopinae
Genus	Clyomys

Clyomys laticeps (Thomas 1909)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

[Echimys] laticeps

Thomas 1909: 240

1909

Specimens

Downloads & Links

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF

Version History

Contribution History

Report Problem

Create Feedback Ticket