Mindomys kutuku
J. Brito, C. Koch, Tinoco, & Pardiñas, 2022
Kutukú Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Mindomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Brito, J., Koch, C., Tinoco, N. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2022-02-28. A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents. Evolutionary Systematics 6(1):35-55.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.6.76879Original name as described
Mindomys kutuku
Type material
MECN 5809
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Cordillera de Kutukú (-2.78444°S, -78.140000°W, [coordinates taken by GPS at the trapsite], elevation 1,925 m), Parroquia Patuca, Cantón Méndez, Provincia Morona Santiago, República del Ecuador"
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Brito, J., Koch, C., Tinoco, N., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2022). A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents. Evolutionary Systematics, 6, 35-55.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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