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Dactylomys (bamboo rat)
Taxonomy
Dactylomys was named by Geoffroy (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Octodontidae by Palmer (1904); to Dactylomyinae by Patterson and Pascual (1968); and to Echimyidae by Carvalho and Salles (2004).
It was assigned to Octodontidae by Palmer (1904); to Dactylomyinae by Patterson and Pascual (1968); and to Echimyidae by Carvalho and Salles (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1838 | Dactylomys Geoffroy |
1904 | Dactylomys Palmer p. 861 |
1968 | Dactylomys Patterson and Pascual |
2004 | Dactylomys Carvalho and Salles |
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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. Dactylomys Geoffroy 1838 [bamboo rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |