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SPECIES Scotinomys teguina

Author:Alston, 1876.
Actual Date:1877
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 755.
Common Name:Short-tailed Singing Mouse
Type Locality:Guatemala, Alta Verapaz Dept., Cobán.
Distribution:Intermediate elevations of Middle America from E Oaxaca, México, to W Panamá.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Level of differentiation and status of populations north (teguina) and south (irazu) of the Nicaraguan Depression merit reconsideration. Hooper (1972) recognized four subspecies.
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Synonyms:

    apricus (Bangs, 1902)
    cacabatus Goodwin, 1945
    endersi Goodwin, 1946
    episcopi Enders and Pearson, 1939
    escazuensis Goodwin, 1945
    garichensis Enders and Pearson, 1939
    irazu (J. A Allen, 1904)
    leridensis Enders and Pearson, 1939
    rufoniger Sanborn, 1935
    stenopygius Buchanan and Howell, 1967
    subnubilis Goldman, 1935

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