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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Rhagomys
SPECIES Rhagomys longilingua
| Author: | Luna and Patterson, 2003. | | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., N.S., 101: 3. | | Common Name: | Long-tongued Rhagomys | | Type Locality: | Perú, Cusco Dept., Paucartambo Prov., Manu Biosphere Reserve, along Río Cosñipata, below "Suecia," 1900 m; 13º06.032′S, 71º34.125′W. | | Distribution: | Dense forest of E Andean slopes, 450-2100 m, SE Perú (Cusco and Madre de Dios Depts.). | | Comments: | Similar to R. rufescens in unique possession (among Sigmodontinae) of a hallux with nail and in most verifiable cranial traits, but fur of R. longilingua spiny and interorbit strongly beaded; so far known by only three specimens (Luna and Patterson, 2003). |
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