Neacomys vargasllosai
Hurtado & Pacheco, 2017
Vargas Llosa'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
Hurtado, N. and Pacheco, V.R. 2017-03-13. Revision of _Neacomys spinosus_ (Thomas, 1882) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with emphasis on Peruvian populations and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4242(3):401-440.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.1Original name as described
Neacomys vargasllosai
Type material
MUSM 35069
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Yanahuaya, Sandia, Puno, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Hurtado, N., & Pacheco, V. (2017). Revision of Neacomys spinosus (Thomas, 1882)(Rodentia: Cricetidae) with emphasis on Peruvian populations and the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4242(3), 401-440.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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