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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Calomys
SPECIES Calomys sorellus
Author: | Thomas, 1900. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 6: 297. | Common Name: | Peruvian Laucha | Type Locality: | Perú, Libertad Dept., 8 mi (13 km) S Huamachuco, 3500 m. | Distribution: | Peruvian Andes, above 2000 m, from Libertad to Puno Depts. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Classified as a subspecies of C. lepidus (Cabrera, 1961); discrimination from and sympatry with C. lepidus documented by Hershkovitz (1962), who relegated frida and miurus to synonymy under C. sorellus (also see Pearson and Patton, 1976). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
frida (Thomas, 1917) miurus (Thomas, 1926)
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