HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Chibchanomys
SPECIES Chibchanomys orcesi
Author: | Jenkins and Barnett, 1997. | Citation: | Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond., 63: 124. | Common Name: | Las Cajas Ichthyomyine | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Azuay Prov., Las Cajas, Lake Luspa, 3700 m; 02°50’S, 79°30’W. | Distribution: | Páramo, 3100-4000 m, of the Las Cajas Plateau, S Ecuador. | Comments: | Although exhibiting certain similarities to Neusticomys, the brunt of apomorphic traits substantiates the placement of orcesi in Chibchanomys. Phylogenetic relationships to other ichthyomyine genera examined by Jenkins and Barnett (1997); behavioral and ecological observations supplied by Barnett (1997). |
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