IRMNG - Megalomys Trouessart, 1881

IRMNG taxon details

Megalomys Trouessart, 1881

IRMNG_ID

1372711 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1372711)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cricetidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

Synonymised names

Moschomys Trouessart, 1903 · unaccepted

Moschophoromys Elliot, 1904 · unaccepted

Direct children (3)

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Species Megalomys audreyae
Species Megalomys desmarestii (J. Fischer, 1829)
Species Megalomys luciae (Forsyth Major, 1901)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 45
page(s): 357 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as (Trouessart, 1881) Allen, 1902.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as (Trouessart, 1881) Allen, 1902. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Megalomys Trouessart, 1881. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1372711 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2022-10-21 22:46:58Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 45
page(s): 357 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family 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. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source 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. [details]

extant flag source 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. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Moschophoromys Elliot, 1904) Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Zool. Ser., 3, no. 90
page(s): 270 [details]

original description (of Moschomys Trouessart, 1903) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 11
page(s): 387 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Listed as extinct in McKenna & Bell, 1997, but included as recently extant in Wilson & Reeder, 2005 (Megalomys desmarestii, the Martinique giant rice rat, survived until 1902). [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as (Trouessart, 1881) Allen, 1902. [details]

Type species as cited Mus pilorides (Desmarest, 1826 = Mus desmarestii Fischer, 1829). [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Moschophoromys Elliot, 1904)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Moschophoromys Elliot, 1904)