Rhipidomys couesi

(J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1893)

Coues's Climbing Rat

Captured in Venezuela, border of Aragua and Miranda states. Identified by JL Patton. Also as Coues's Climbing Mouse|Coues's Rhipidomys.
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Location:UnknownDate taken:Jun 6, 1987

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4338

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. and Chapman, F.M. 1893-09-21. On a collection of mammals from the island of Trinidad, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(13):203-234.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897433

Original name as described

Tylomys couesi

Other common names

Coues's Climbing Mouse · Coues's Rhipidomys

Type material

AMNH MO-4685, AMNH MS-5956

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4685 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-5956

Type locality

"Princestown [Princes Town], Trinidad, " Trinidad and Tobago.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002765

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: 6 names and synonyms.

Tylomys couesi

(J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1893)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

couesi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-4685, AMNH MS-5956

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4685 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-5956

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897433

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:520, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Rhipidomys couesii

Rendall, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

couesii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39826254

Authority publication

The Zoologist

Rhipidomys venezuelae cumananus

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cumananus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.5.1.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c20f40b-c560-49de-a243-4b279fd5a602

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340247

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhipidomys couesi

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

couesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423290

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Anderson (1997:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19607/22373900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhipidomys sclateri cousei

D. P. Furman & Tipton, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cousei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Rhipdomys couesi

Saunders, 1975

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

couesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7798166

Authority publication

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin

Name usages

Saunders (1975:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7798166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72477)

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