HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Neacomys
SPECIES Neacomys musseri
Author: | Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm, 2000. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Hist., 244: 98. | Common Name: | Musser’s Neacomys | Type Locality: | Perú, Cusco Dept., Manu Biosphere Reserve, 72 km (by road) NE Paucartambo at km 152, 1460 m. | Distribution: | So far known from the headwaters of the Rio Juruá, SE Perú and extreme W Brazil; range limits require amplification. | Comments: | Morphology, karyology (2n = 34), and genetic differentiation from N. minutus and N. spinosus presented by Patton et al. (2000). Known sympatrically with N. spinosus. |
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