Chilomys instans
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Chilomys instans (Thomas 1895)
[Oryzomys] instans Thomas 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 368.
Type Locality: Colombia, Cundinamarca Dept., Bogotá region, Hacienda de La Selva, 4600 ft (1402 m).
Vernacular Names: Andean Chilomys.
Synonyms: Chilomys fumeus Osgood 1912.
Distribution: N Andes, from C Ecuador (Musser et al., 1998:106), through C and N Colombia, to W Venezuela (Handley, 1976; Linares, 1998).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Osgood (1912) described fumeus (type locality: Colombia, Norte de Santander, Páramo de Tamá) as a species distinct from C. instans; however, Cabrera (1961) relegated it to subspecific status, as also observed by Linares (1998), and the genus has thereafter been viewed as monotypic (e.g., Corbet and Hill, 1991; Honacki et al., 1982; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Osgood’s employment of subspecies was especially robust so that he chose to diagnose fumeus as a species is by itself instructive. In view of the other valid species described from the Páramo de Tamá region (e.g., Oligoryzomys griseolus, Thomasomys hylophilus), the status of fumeus invites another appraisal.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/514D81A806AB51418D7E8EC8695A89F0 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231522174 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Chilomys
- Species
- instans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chilomys instans (Thomas, 1895) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 16: 160 - 164.
- Osgood, W. H. 1912. Mammals from western Venezuela and eastern Colombia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 10: 32 - 67.
- Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.
- Linares, O. J. 1998. Mamiferos de Venezuela. Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela, Caracas, 691 pp.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
- Honacki, J. H., K. E. Kinman and J. W. Koeppl (eds.). 1982. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference. Allen Press, Inc. and The Association of Systematics Collections, Lawrence, Kansas, 694 pp.
- Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.