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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Sigmodontomys
SPECIES Sigmodontomys aphrastus
| Author: | Harris, 1932. | | Citation: | Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 248: 5. | | Common Name: | Long-tailed Sigmodontomys | | Type Locality: | Costa Rica, San José Prov., San Joaquin de Dota, 4000 ft (1219 m). | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality, Chiriqui Prov. in W Panamá, and Pichincha Prov. in NC Ecuador (Voss, 1988:423). | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Usually listed as a species of Oryzomys of uncertain relationship (Hall, 1981). Assignment to Sigmodontomys tentative following the observations of Ray (1962). Distribution meagerly documented, known by only four specimens. |
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