Brucepattersonius talpinus (Lund, 1840)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mus talpinus Lund, 1839:208 (nomen nudum); Mus talpinus Lund, 1840 (basionym) Oxymycterus talpinus (Lund, 1840); Blarinomys talpinus (Lund, 1840); Juscelinomys talpinus (Lund, 1840); Juscelinomys vulpinus (Lund, 1840) [orth. error used by Musser & Carleton, 1993:706]
Table 1: History of generic placement (Pardiñas & Teta, 2013; Wikispecies)
| Scientific name | Authority |
| Mus talpinus sp. nov. | (Lund, 1840) |
| Oxymycterus talpinus comb. nov. | (Winge, 1887) |
| Oxymycterus talpinus | (Thomas, 1896:309) |
| Oxymycterus talpinus | (Trouessart, 1898:539) |
| Blarinomys talpinus comb. nov. | (Paula Couto, 1950:272) |
| Juscelinomys talpinus comb. nov. | (Moojen, 1965) |
| Juscelinomys vulpinus [orth. error] | (Musser & Carleton, 1993:706) |
| Juscelinomys talpinus | (Musser & Carleton, 2005) |
| [Brucepattersonius] talpinus comb. nov. | (see Pardiñas & Teta, 2013:351) |
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Type locality: “Lapa da Serra das Abelhas” (Winge, 1887:36)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: ZMK 1/1845:13257
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lund, P. W. (1840). Blik paa Brasiliens Dyreverden för sidste Jordomvaeltning. Tillaeg til de to sidste afhandlinger over Brasiliens Dyreverden För sidste Jordomvaeltning. [Anden Afhandling and Tredie Afhandl.] Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske Afhandlinger, Kjöbenhavn (4) 8: 273-296, pls. 25-27.
Other references:
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Lund, P. W. (1839). Nouvelles observations sur la faune fossile du Brésil; extraits d’une lettre adressée aux rédacteurs par M. Lund. Annales des sciences naturelles, serie 2, 12(Zoologie): 205-208.
Moojen, J. (1965). Novo genero de Cricetidae do Brasil central (Glires, Mammalia). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 25: 281-285.
Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. (1993). Family Muridae, pp. 501-755. In: Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Second ed. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. xviii + 1206 pp.
Musser, G.M. and M.D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily muroidea, pp. 894-1531. In: (D.E. Wilson and D.M Reeder, eds.) Mammal species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.
Oliveira, J. 1998. Morphometric assesment of species groups in the South American rodent genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae), with taxonomic notes based on the analysis of type material. Ph. D. Dissertation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. pp. 320.
Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J. and Teta, Pablo. (2013). Taxonomic status of Mus talpinus Lund (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary deposits of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil and its paleoenvironmental meaning. Mammalia 77(3): 347-355.
Paula Couto, C. (1950). Peter Wilhelm Lund – Mem ó rias sobre a paleontologia brasileira. Ministério da Educação e Saúde/ Instituto Nacional do Livro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pp. 589.
Thomas, O. (1896). On new small mammals from the neotropical region. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7: 301-314.
Trouessart, E. L. (1898). Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Tomus 2. R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. pp. 1469.
Winge, H. (1887). Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: Med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slagtskab. E Museo Lundii 1(3): 1-178.