IRMNG - Melanomys Thomas, 1902

IRMNG taxon details

Melanomys Thomas, 1902

IRMNG_ID

1307721 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1307721)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cricetidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

Direct children (3)

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Species Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes, 1860)
Species Melanomys robustulus Thomas, 1914
Species Melanomys zunigae (Sanborn, 1949)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 10
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Melanomys Thomas, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307721 on 2024-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)
Notes (1)

original description Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 10
page(s): 248 [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 SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unverified

Type species as cited Oryzomys phaeopus Thomas, 1894 (= Hesperomys caliginosus Tomes, 1860). [details]