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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Podoxymys
SPECIES Podoxymys roraimae
| Author: | Anthony, 1929. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 383: 4. | | Common Name: | Roraima Akodont | | Type Locality: | Guyana, Mazaruni-Potaro Dist., summit of Mt Roraima, 8600 ft (2621 m). | | Distribution: | Guyana and adjacent portions of Venezuela and Brazil (as per Fonseca et al., 1996). Probably occurs on other neighboring tepuis within Venezuela (Linares, 1998). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Known only by the original type series of 5 specimens and a single specimen reported by Pérez-Zapata et al. (1992). |
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