Neacomys carceleni

Hershkovitz, 1940

Carcelén’s 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

Hershkovitz, P. 1940. A new spiny mouse of the genus Neacomys from eastern Ecuador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 419:1-4.

Original name as described

Neacomys spinosus carceleni

Other common names

Alberto Carcelén’s Spiny Mouse

Type material

UMMZ 80171

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

“Llunchi, an island on the northern side of the RioNapo, west of the mouth of the Rio Jivino, latitudeand longitude approximately 0°37’ S., 76°46’ W.; parish of La Coca, Napo-Pastaza Province, Ecuador; altitude about 250 meters.”

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from N. amoenus

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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