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Scotinomys xerampelinus

Description

Scotinomys xerampelinus (Bangs 1902)

[Scotinomys] xerampelinus (Bangs 1902), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 39: 41.

Type Locality: Panamá, Chiriquí Prov., Volcán de Chiriquí, 10,300 ft (3139 m).

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Singing Mouse.

Synonyms: Scotinomys harrisi Goodwin 1945; Scotinomys longipilosus Goodwin 1945.

Distribution: High elevations in Cordilleras Central and Talamancae of Costa Rica to Volcán Chiriquí region in W Panamá.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Hooper (1972) synonymized harrisi and longipilosus, forms described as species, under S. xerampelinus and deemed the intraspecific variation as insufficient to retain subspecies.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1086, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bangs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Scotinomys
Species
xerampelinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Scotinomys xerampelinus (Bangs, 1902) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 39: 17 - 51.
  • Hooper, E. T. 1972. A synopsis of the rodent genus Scotinomys. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 665: 1 - 32.