Neacomys marci

J. Brito & Tinoco in Tinoco, C. Koch, Colmenares-Pinzón, Castellanos, & J. Brito, 2023

Marc'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

Tinoco, N., Koch, C., Colmenares-Pinzón, J.E., Castellanos, F.X. and Brito, J. 2023-08-17. New species of the spiny mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 1175:187-221.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1175.106113

Original name as described

Neacomys marci

Type material

MECN 6232

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Reserva Dracula, Estación Fisher, Parroquia Chical, Cantón Tulcán, Provincia Carchi, Ecuador, Coordinates: 1.006667, -78.2247...; elevation 1,067 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Tinoco, N., Koch, C., Colmenares-Pinzón, J. E., Castellanos, F. X., & Brito, J. (2023). New species of the Spiny Mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys, 1175, 187.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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