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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Bibimys
SPECIES Bibimys labiosus
| Author: | Winge, 1887. | | Citation: | E Museo Lundii, 1(3): 25. | | Common Name: | Lagoa Santa Akodont | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Pleistocene cave deposits near Lagoa Santa. | | Distribution: | Minas Gerais, Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Described as a species of Scapteromys, referred to Akodon by Hershkovitz (1966c), and confirmed as a species of Bibimys by Massoia (1980a). Although described as a fossil (Winge, 1887) from the Lagoa Santa caves, the species survives in the region of Minas Gerais (D’Elía et al., in press; Paglia et al., 1995). Diploid number (2n = 70) same as B. torresi but fundamental numbers differ (FN = 76 versus 80; Gonçalves et al., in press). |
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