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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45525727

Original name as described

Punomys kofordi

Other common names

Eastern Puna Mouse

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:139588

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:139588

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002477

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Punomys kofordi

Pacheco & J. L. Patton, 1995

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kofordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:139588

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:139588

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45525727

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136287/22335357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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