Authority citation

Jenkins, P.D. and Barnett, A.A. 1997. A new species of water mouse, of the genus Chibchanomys (Rodentia, Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology)63(2):123-128.

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Original name as described

Chibchanomys orcesi

Other common names

Las Cajas Ichthyomyine · Las Cajas Water Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1982.816

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

Lake Luspa, Las Cajas, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

moved from Chibchanomys to Neusticomys; previous record from Peru was later described as Incanomys mayopuma

Taxonomy notes citation

Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C., D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Percequillo, A.R., Lee, T.E., Jr., Solari, S., Colmenares-Pinzon, J., Nivelo, C., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Merino, W., Medina, C.E., Murillo-García, O. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ 11:e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319 · Zeballos, H., Pari, A., Medina, C.E., Pino, K., Arias, S., Arce, A.L. and Gonzales, F.N. 2025. Description of a new genus and species of semi-aquatic rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the southern Peruvian Andes. Diversity 17(406):1-24. doi:10.3390/d17060406

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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