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Podoxymys roraimae Anthony 1929
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Podoxymys roraimae Anthony 1929
Podoxymys roraimae Anthony 1929, Am. Mus. Novit., 383: 4.
Type Locality: Guyana, Mazaruni-Potaro Dist., summit of Mt Roraima, 8600 ft (2621 m).
Vernacular Names: Roraima Akodont.
Distribution: Guyana and adjacent portions of Venezuela and Brazil (as per Fonseca et al., 1996). Probably occurs on other neighboring tepuis within Venezuela (Linares, 1998).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion: Known only by the original type series of 5 specimens and a single specimen reported by Pérez-Zapata et al. (1992).
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 1164, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F39E308FA2C27D96C0CD0A46BB584B04 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231522232 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Anthony
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Podoxymys
- Species
- roraimae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Podoxymys roraimae Anthony, 1929 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Anthony, H. E. 1929. Two new genera of rodents from South America. American Museum Novitates, 383: 6 pp.
- Fonseca, G. A. B., G. Herrmann, Y. L. R. Leite, R. A. Mittermeier, A. B. Rylands, and J. L. Patton. 1996. Lista anotada dos mamiferos do Brasil. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology, 4: 38 pp.
- Linares, O. J. 1998. Mamiferos de Venezuela. Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela, Caracas, 691 pp.