Punomys kofordi

Pacheco & J. L. Patton, 1995

Koford's Puna Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Andinomyini
Genus : Punomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pacheco, V.R. and Patton, J.L. 1995. A new species of the Puna mouse, genus Punomys Osgood, 1943 (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from the Southeastern Andes of Peru. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 60:85-96.

Original name as described

Punomys kofordi

Other common names

Eastern Puna Mouse

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:139588

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

20.8 km ENE Crucero, 4550 m, Lago Aricoma, Puno, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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