Nephelomys pirrensis
(E. A. Goldman, 1913)
Mount Pirre Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Nephelomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Goldman, E.A. 1913-02-28. Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(22):1-20.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910645Original name as described
Oryzomys pirrensis
Type material
USNM:MAMM:178993
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321d96251-a766-4fc5-8449-dcc08f921542Type locality
near head of Limón River, 4500 m, Mount Pirre (or Pirri), Panama.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Panama · Colombia?
Taxonomy notes
split from N. albigularis; moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Nephelomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R., Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates no. 3537. pp 1-29.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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