Neacomys macedoruizi

Sánchez-Vendizú, Pacheco, & Vivas-Ruiz, 2018

Macedo Ruiz's Bristly Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Sánchez-Vendizú, P., Pacheco, V.R. and Vivas-Ruiz, D. 2018-12-10. An introduction to the systematics of small-bodied Neacomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Peru with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates 3913:1-38.

Original name as described

Neacomys macedoruizi

Type material

MUSM 45053

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Puesto de Control 3 de Mayo (09° 24′ 25.71′′ S, 76° 00′ 13.39′′ W), 1129 m, Tingo María National Park, Leoncio Prado Province, Huánuco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Sánchez-Vendizú, P., Pacheco, V., & Vivas-Ruiz, D. (2018). An introduction to the systematics of small-bodied Neacomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Peru with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates, 2018(3913), 1-38.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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