Calomys boliviae

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Bolivian Vesper Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-09-01. New Neotropical mammals, with a note on the species of Reithrodon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(45):246-255.

Original name as described

Eligmodontia callosa boliviae

Other common names

Bolivian Laucha

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.7.43

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Solocame River, 1200 m, La Paz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. fecundus, although the two need to be compared further

Taxonomy notes citation

Pinotti, J. D., Ferreiro, A. M., Martin, M. L., Levis, S., Chiappero, M., Andreo, V., & González‐Ittig, R. E. (2020). Multiple refugia and glacial expansions in the Tucumane–Bolivian Yungas: The phylogeography and potential distribution modeling of Calomys fecundus (Thomas, 1926)(Rodentia: Cricetidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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