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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Rhipidomys
SPECIES Rhipidomys modicus
| Author: | Thomas, 1926. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 18: 161. | | Common Name: | Peruvian Rhipidomys | | Type Locality: | Perú, San Martín Dept., Puca Tambo, about 50 mi (80 km) E Chachapoyas, 5100 ft (1555 m). | | Distribution: | Middle elevations, 700-1800 m, of E Andean slopes, C Perú | | Comments: | R. leucodactylus section sensu Tribe (1996). Arranged as a subspecies of R. leucodactylus by Cabrera (1961) and as a subjective synonym of R. couesi by Musser and Carleton (1993). Specific status reasserted and diagnosis emended by Tribe (1996), who recorded its sympatry with examples of R. leucodactylus. |
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