Rhagomys septentrionalis
Moreno Cárdenas, Tinoco, L. Albuja, & B. D. Patterson, 2021
Northern Arboreal Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Rhagomyini |
| Genus | : Rhagomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Moreno Cárdenas, P.A., Tinoco, N., Albuja, L. and Patterson, B.D. 2021-02-01. A new species of Rhagomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southeastern Ecuador. Journal of Mammalogy 102(1):123-138.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa104Original name as described
Rhagomys septentrionalis
Other common names
Northern Rhagomys
Type material
MEPN 10898
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Refugio de Vida Silvestre “El Zarza,” on the shore of the Río Blanco, 2 km N San Antonio (town), 03°48′13ʺS, 78°30′10ʺW, 1,442 m elevation, in the western foothills of the Cordillera del Cóndor."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described; Rhagomys moved from Thomasomyini to Rhagomyini
Taxonomy notes citation
Cárdenas, P. A. M., Tinoco, N., Albuja, L., & Patterson, B. D. (2021). A new species of Rhagomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southeastern Ecuador. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 123-138. · Pardiñas, U. F., Tinoco, N., Barbière, F., Ronez, C., Cañón, C., Lessa, G., ... & Brito, J. (2022). Morphological disparity in a hyperdiverse mammal clade: a new morphotype and tribe of Neotropical cricetids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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