Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1575
1592
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Phyllomys
Lund 1839
Phyllomys
Lund 1839
,
Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 11: 225
.
Type Species:
Nelomys blainvilii
Jordan 1837
Synonyms:
Loncheres
Lichtenstein 1820
.
Species and subspecies:
12 species:
Species
Phyllomys blainvillii
(Jordan 1837)
Species
Phyllomys brasiliensis
Lund 1840
Species
Phyllomys dasythrix
Hensel 1872
Species
Phyllomys kerri
Moojen 1950
Species
Phyllomys lamarum
Thomas 1916
Species
Phyllomys lundi
Leite 2003
Species
Phyllomys mantiqueirensis
Leite 2003
Species
Phyllomys medius
Thomas 1909
Species
Phyllomys nigrispinus
Wagner 1842
Species
Phyllomys pattoni
Emmons, Leite, Kock, and Costa 2002
Species
Phyllomys thomasi
Ihering 1871
Species
Phyllomys unicolor
Wagner 1842
Discussion:
Species of the Brazilian laminated-toothed echimyid rodents have historically been grouped with the nonlaminate-toothed arboreal echimyids under the generic name
Echimys
(Tate, 1935; Cabrera, 1961;
Woods, 1993
). These laminated-toothed forms were segregated as
Nelomys
by
Thomas (1916
a
,
b
) and by
Emmons and Feer (1990
; 1997) and as
Phyllomys
by
Moojen (1952)
and Emmons et al. (2002). Emmons et al. (2002) consider
Nelomys
a junior synonym of
Echimys
and document that
Phyllomys
is the next available generic name. Revised by
Leite (2003)
, who described two new species.