Clyomys laticeps

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Broad-headed Spiny-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Clyomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1909-09-01. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(21):230-242.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097619

Original name as described

Echimys laticeps

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.9.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69496ba8-cb18-435d-a1b5-76610acda5fd

Type locality

"Lagoa Santa, on the Rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais, " Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

includes bishopi

Taxonomy notes citation

Bezerra, A.M.R. and Oliveira, J.A. de. 2010. Taxonomic implications of cranial morphometric variation in the genus Clyomys Thomas, 1916 (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 91(1):260-272. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-320R1.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001474

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Loncheres laticeps

P. W. Lund, 1839

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

laticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

226, 233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394376 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394383

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Mesomys spinosus:

Winge, 1888

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

spinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14663968

Authority publication

E Museo Lundii

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Echimys laticeps

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

laticeps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.9.11

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lagoa Santa, on the Rio São Franciso, Minas Geraes

Type locality

Brazil: Minas Gerais.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69496ba8-cb18-435d-a1b5-76610acda5fd

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097619

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16539)

Clyomys laticeps:

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

laticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129875

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1916:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19687)
Corbet & Hill (1980:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4989/22205489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Arnal & Pérez (2025:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70056)

Clyomys laticeps whartoni

Moojen, 1952

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

whartoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 11400

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

1 km north of Aca-poi, long. 56°7' W., lat. 23°5' S., Department of San Pedro, Partido de Taquati, Paraguay; approximately 60 km east-northeast of Puerto Ybapobo and 10 km south of the Rio Ypané. Specimen trapped alive at mouth of burrow in cañadon (natural opening).

Type locality

Paraguay.

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697436

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Clyomys bishopi

de Avila-Pires & Wutke, 1981

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

bishopi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Brazil: São Paulo.

Authority page

529

Authority publication

Revista Brasileira de Biologia

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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