Sigmodon (Sigmodon) peruanus J. A. Allen 1897
Authors/Creators
Description
Sigmodon (Sigmodon) peruanus J. A. Allen 1897
Sigmodon (Sigmodon) peruanus J. A. Allen 1897, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9: 118.
Type Locality: Perú, La Libertad Dept., Trujillo, 200 ft (61 m).
Vernacular Names: Peruvian Cotton Rat.
Synonyms: Sigmodon (Sigmodon) chonensis J. A. Allen 1913; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) lonnbergi Thomas 1921; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) puna J. A. Allen 1903; Sigmodon (Sigmodon) simonsi J. A. Allen 1901.
Distribution: Pacific coastal plain and contiguous Andean foothills of W Ecuador and NW Perú.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Sigmodon, S. fulviventer species group. Lumped under S. hispidus by Cabrera (1961) following the footnoted opinion of Hershkovitz (1955 a); reinstated as a species by Voss (1992) and morphologically contrasted to that species and other South American taxa. The provocative molecular results presented by Peppers et al. (2002) phyletically link this South American endemic with Middle American S. fulviventer and S. leucotis.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.5 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:7474ca5a111a1c8def5af9055a0cf060
|
1.5 kB | Download |
System files
(10.2 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:b2be3a0818b0fd8eb33d6c65b066702d
|
10.2 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
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/14468D36DB28B527D9C220D4306A57B7 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231523055 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- J. A. Allen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Sigmodon
- Species
- peruanus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sigmodon (Sigmodon) peruanus Allen, 1897 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Allen, J. A. 1913. Revision of the Melanomys group of American Muridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 32: 535 - 555.
- Hershkovitz, P. 1955 a. South American marsh rats, genus Holochilus, with a summary of sigmodont rodents. Fieldiana: Zoology, 37: 639 - 687.
- Voss, R. S. 1992. A revision of the South American species of Sigmodon (Mammalia: Muridae) with notes on their natural history and biogeography. American Museum Novitates, 3050: 1 - 56.
- Peppers, L. L., D. S. Carroll, and R. D. Bradley. 2002. Molecular systematics of the genus Sigmodon (Rodentia: Muridae): Evidence from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Journal of Mammalogy, 83: 396 - 407.