Incanomys parviauris

Sánchez-Vendizú, de Abreu-Júnior, Pacheco, & S. E. Pavan, 2026

Small-eared Water Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pacheco, V.R. and Pavan, S.E. 2026-02-27. A new species of Incanomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Yungas of Peru. American Museum Novitates 4049:1-27.

Authority publication link

Original name as described

Incanomys parviauris

Other common names

Incan Small-eared Water Mouse

Type material

MUSM 57371

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"from a stream near Refugio Las Lechuzas in the buffer zone of the Santuario Nacional Cordillera de Colán, Cajaruro district, Utcubamba province, Amazonas department, Peru (5°37'50.8″S, 78°15'19.4″W; 2663 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pacheco, V.R. and Pavan, S.E. 2026. A new species of Incanomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Yungas of Peru. American Museum Novitates 4049:1-27. a#72696

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

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