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Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000
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Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000
Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 244: 194.
Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Colocação Vira-Volta, left bank Rio Juruá on Igarape Arabidi, affluent of Paraná Breu.
Vernacular Names: Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat.
Distribution: Central Amazon of Brazil.
Discussion: Although similar to and sympatric with hispidus the two can be differentiated by morphology, karyotype and cytochrome b sequences (Patton et al., 2000). It is not clear at this time whether ecaudatus should be included in hispidus or is a senior synonym of occultus. Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=54.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, pp. 1575-1592 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1584, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Cites
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E01774B95D885FC863176B794FD5F (URL)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/F44B816F7E0FD7FCE40602B62312932D (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/9D843F8075807F8CAB4761F3BDAA200A (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231549282 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Genus
- Mesomys
- Species
- occultus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mesomys occultus Patton, 2000 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Patton, J. L., M. N. F. da Silva, and J. R. Malcolm. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Jurua and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 244: 1 - 306.