HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Aepeomys
SPECIES Aepeomys reigi
Author: | Ochoa G., Aguilera, Pacheco, and Soriano, 2001. | Citation: | Z. Saugetierk., 66: 230. | Common Name: | Reig’s Aepeomys | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Lara State, Parque Nacional Yacambu, 17 km SE Sanare, El Blanquito, 1600 m; 09º40′N, 69º37′W. | Distribution: | Venezuelan Andes (Lara and Trujillo), 1600-3230 m, W Venezuela. | Comments: | Morphologically similar to A. lugens but size larger and chromosomal formula very different, 2n =44 versus 2n = 28 in A. lugens (Aguilera et al., 1994, 2000). |
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