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Chibchanomys (water mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Chibchanomys was named by Voss (1988). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyomyini by Jenkins and Barnett (1997).

Species

C. orcesi, C. trichotis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1988	Chibchanomys Voss
1997	Chibchanomys Jenkins and Barnett p. 127

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Sigmodontinae	Wagner 1843
tribe	Ichthyomyini	Vorontsov 1959
genus	Chibchanomys	Voss 1988

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Chibchanomys Voss 1988 [water mouse]

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Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins and Barnett 1997 [Chibchan water mouse]

Chibchanomys trichotis Thomas 1897 [Chibchan water mouse]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

amphibioust

Diet:

piscivoret

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2012-04-17 11:20:31

Modified:

2012-04-16 20:20:31

Source: t = tribe, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Jenkins and Barnett 1997, Lillegraven 1979

Collections

No collection or age range data are available