Ototylomys chiapensis

C. A. Porter, N. E. Beasley, Ordóñez-Garza, Lindsey, D. S. Rogers, Lewis-Rogers, Sites, & R. D. Bradley, 2017

La Pera Climbing Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Tylomyinae
Genus : Ototylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Porter, C.A., Beasley, N.E., Ordóñez-Garza, N., Lindsey, L.L., Rogers, D.S., Lewis-Rogers, N., Sites, J.W., Jr. and Bradley, R.D. 2017-09-11. A new species of big-eared climbing rat, genus Ototylomys (Cricetidae: Tylomyinae), from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 98(5):1310-1329.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx096

Original name as described

Ototylomys chiapensis

Other common names

La Pera Big-eared Climbing Rat

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:159512

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pozo de Petróleo, 11 km northwest (by road) Berriozábal, La Pera Conservation Area, Chiapas, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Porter, C. A., Beasley, N. E., Ordóñez-Garza, N., Lindsey, L. L., Rogers, D. S., Lewis-Rogers, N., ... & Bradley, R. D. (2017). A new species of big-eared climbing rat, genus Ototylomys (Cricetidae: Tylomyinae), from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(5), 1310-1329.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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