Published December 31, 1982
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Sigmodon alstoni
Authors/Creators
Description
Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880:691.
TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Sucre, Cumana Dist.
DISTRIBUTION: N. and E. Venezuela; S. Guyana; Surinam; N. Brazil.
COMMENT: Included in hispidus by Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639-673; but considered a distinct species by Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 129, Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):53, and Husson, 1978:427-429. Included in genus Sigmomys by Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):53; but see Husson, 1978:427-429, and Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 129, who considered Sigmomys a subgenus.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 466, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
Files
Files
(1.0 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:a472062f20d03911cd773ce4d3689aa6
|
1.0 kB | Download |
System files
(7.9 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:408abd319599a758ab267c4d48787982
|
7.9 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ED45FFC7FF8B526EFF92C416FF8BFFBD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Sigmodon
- Species
- alstoni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.
- Husson, A. M. 1978. The mammals of Suriname. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 569 pp., 160 pls.