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Neacomys

Description

The genus Neacomys, also known as bristly mice because of their spiny fur, includes several species of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is most closely related to Oligoryzomys, Oreoryzomys, and Microryzomys. Neacomys species are mainly found in the Amazon basin, but N. pictus occurs in Panama and N. tenuipes in montane Colombia. In Amazonia, there is a single large species, N. spinosus, and a number of smaller ones, including N. dubosti, N. guianae, N. paracou, N. minutus, N. musseri, N. rosalindae, N. macedoruizi, and various others that remain undescribed.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2439287https://www.gbif.org/species/2439287
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)159120https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=159120
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neacomys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusNeacomysThomas 1900
Common Namebristly mouse
Scientific NameNeacomys Thomas, 1900
Name Published InAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.5 p.153
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Neacomysgenusbelongs to CricetinaeimpliedPalmer, 1904
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. S. Palmer. 1904. Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals. North American Fauna 23:1-984
Common Name(s) Bristly Mouse, Bristly Mice
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neacomys

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Neacomys amoenus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys dubosti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys guianae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys minutus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys musseri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys paracou
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys pictus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys spinosus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys tenuipes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neacomys vargasllosai
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Neacomys Thomas
1904Neacomys Palmer p. 853

References

Palmer T. S. (1904) Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals, North American Fauna 23, 1-984
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2. 601-1175. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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