Neacomys auriventer

J. Brito, Tinoco, S. Burneo, C. Koch, Arguero, Vargas, & C. M. Pinto, 2021

Golden-bellied Bristly Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Burneo, S., Koch, C., Arguero, A., Vargas, R. and Pinto, C.M. 2021-07. A new species of spiny mouse, genus Neacomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Mastozoología Neotropical 28(1):e0507.

Original name as described

Neacomys auriventer

Other common names

Golden-belly Spiny Mouse

Type material

MEPN 12081

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Paquisha Alto (3°55’4.12”S, 78°29’33.78”W, ..., 1,885 m),Parroquia Paquisha, Cantón Paquisha, Province of Zamora Chinchipe, República del Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Burneo, S., Koch, C., Arguero, A., Vargas, R., & Pinto, C. M. (2021). A new species of spiny mouse, genus Neacomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. In U. F. J. Pardiñas & C. Galliari (eds.). Seccion Especial El Último Naturalista Tipólogo: Contribuciones en Honor a Elio Massoia (1936-2001). Mastozoologia Neotropical, XX, 1-22.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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