Taxonomy Profile: Callistomys pictus (Pictet 1841)

Callistomys pictus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Echimys pictus
Pictet 1841
Common Name(s):
Painted Tree-rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Callistomys pictus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
hystricognath rodents |
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Genus : Callistomys
Species : Callistomys pictus
Painted Tree-rat |
Callistomys pictus Direct Children(s):
Callistomys pictus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Callistomys pictus
Callistomys pictus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Callistomys pictus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Data Deficient as Echimys pictus
Comment:
Comments: Previously included in the genus Isothrix (Cabrera, 1961; Ellerman, 1940; Patton and Emmons, 1985; Waterhouse, 1848), Nelomys (Goldman, 1916; Pictet, 1843; Thomas, 1916e, f), or Echimys (Moojen, 1952; Tate, 1935), but placed in a new genus, Callistomys, by Emmons and Vucetich (1998)