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Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam 1898

Description

Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam, 1898. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 108.

REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).

TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Todos Santos, 10,000 ft. (3048 m).

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Madre from C. Chiapas (Mexico), south through S.W. Guatemala.

COMMENT: Subgenus Herpetomys, usually in genus Microtus; see Hall, 1981:803; placed by Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed., Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 60., in genus Pitymys, and CAR in genus Pitymys, subgenus Herpetomys. See Anderson, 1960, for a discussion of the subgenus Herpetomys.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080014001 as Microtus guatemalensis.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), pp. 477-504 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 500, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034

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Biodiversity

Family
Arvicolidae
Genus
Pitymys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Merriam
Species
guatemalensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam, 1898 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Anderson, S. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 12: 181 - 216.