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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Neacomys
SPECIES Neacomys minutus
Author: | Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm, 2000. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Hist., 244: 105. | Common Name: | Minute Neacomys | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas State, left bank Rio Juruá, Altimira; 6º35′S, 68º54′W. | Distribution: | So far known from the central and lower drainage of the Rio Juruá, W Brazil; range limits require amplification. | Comments: | Morphological, karyological (2n = 35-36), and molecular differentiation from N. musseri and N. spinosus presented by Patton et al. (2000). Known sympatrically with N. spinosus. |
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