Rheomys raptor

E. A. Goldman, 1912

Goldman's Water Mouse

Rheomys raptor hartmanni. Also as Goldman's Ichthyomyine.
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Location:Costa Rica, Guanacaste province, Guanacaste National Park, Volcan CacaoDate taken:18 December 2025Description:Rheomys raptor hartmanni. Also as Goldman's Ichthyomyine.

Distribution :

Isolated segments in highlands of C Costa Rica and W Panamá (hartmanni), and in E Panamá (raptor).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8051

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Ichthyomyini
Genus: Rheomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goldman, E.A. 1912-09-20. New mammals from eastern Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(2):1-18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910341

Original name as described

Rheomys raptor

Other common names

Goldman's Ichthyomyine

Type material

USNM:MAMM:179028

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3028c1d91-7d05-4dfe-886a-8ebee05c54bc

Type locality

"near head of Rio Limon (altitude 4500 feet [= 1372 m]), Mount Pirri (= Cerro Pirre), eastern Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002501

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Rheomys raptor

E. A. Goldman, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

raptor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179028

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near head of Rio Limon (altitude 4, 500 feet). Mount Pirri, eastern Panama

Type locality

Panama.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3028c1d91-7d05-4dfe-886a-8ebee05c54bc

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910341

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Goldman (1912:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11521)
Goldman (1920:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
Handley (1966:784, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:462, 463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Voss (1988:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
Corbet & Hill (1991:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, Medina, Murillo-García & Pardiñas (2023:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19485/22354486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rheomys hartmanni

Enders, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hartmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 18329

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at the hot springs on Rio Cotito, Province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama, at an elevation of 4900 feet.

Type locality

Panama.

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Handley (1966:784, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rheomys raptor hartmanni:

Voss, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hartmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Voss (1988:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Rheomys raptor raptor:

Voss, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

raptor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Voss (1988:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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