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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Aepeomys
SPECIES Aepeomys lugens
| Author: | Thomas, 1896. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 306. | | Common Name: | Mérida Aepeomys | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Mérida State, La Loma del Morro, 3000 m. | | Distribution: | Mérida Andes of Venezuela to Andean Ecuador. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Karyotype (2n = 28) reported by Aguilera et al. (2000), who noted its strong divergence from other Venezuelan series (2n = 44) later described as A. reigi (see next). Voss et al. (2002) confirmed the allocation of ottleyi as an example of A. lugens. |
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