Calomys cerqueirai

Bonvicino, J. A. de Oliveira, & Gentile, 2010

Cerqueira's 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

Authority citation

Bonvicino, C.R., Oliveira, J.A. de and Gentile, R. 2010-01-15. A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2336:19-35.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2336.1.2

Original name as described

Calomys cerqueirai

Other common names

Rato-bolinha de Cerqueira

Type material

MN 71971

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

margins of Buraco do Cachorro stream, near to Capitão Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Bonvicino, C. R., de Oliveira, J. A., & Gentile, R. (2010). A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from eastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 2336(1), 19-35.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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