Neacomys elieceri

Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021

Eliécer’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

Semedo, T.B.F., Silva, M.N.F. da, Carmignotto, A.P. and Rossi, R.V. 2021-11-17. Three new species of spiny mice, genus Neacomys Thomas, 1900 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from Brazilian Amazonia. Systematics and Biodiversity 19(8):1113-1134.

Original name as described

Neacomys elieceri

Other common names

Eliecer's Spiny Mouse

Type material

MZUSP 36015

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Juruti, left bank of Rio Tapajós, state of Pará, Brazil (02°09′S, 56°05′W)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Semedo, T. B. F., da Silva, M. N. F., Carmignotto, A. P., & Rossi, R. V. (2021). Three new species of spiny mice, genus Neacomys Thomas, 1900 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from Brazilian Amazonia. Systematics and Biodiversity, 0(0), 1-22.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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