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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Necromys
SPECIES Necromys punctulatus
Author: | Thomas, 1894. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser 6, 14: 361. | Common Name: | Ecuadoran Akodont | Type Locality: | Ecuador. | Distribution: | Indeterminate area of E Ecuador and perhaps Colombia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Bolomys punctulatus. | Comments: | Described as a species of Akodon but referred to a subspecies of Zygodontomys brevicauda by Hershkovitz (1962). Thomas (1916c) had earlier appreciated the morphological resemblance between amoenus, type species of Bolomys, and punctulatus; Voss (1991b) later amplified the Bolomys-like traits of punctulatus, provisionally retaining it as a species and noting its similarity to lasiurus. The enigmatic distribution of the few fragmentary specimens assignable to punctulatus, which originate from a region outside of the core geographic range of Bolomys (= Necromys), is discussed by Voss (1991b). |
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