Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Sigmodon alstoni

Description

Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880:691 [1881].

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Sucre, Cumanâ.

DISTRIBUTION: Intermittently distributed in savannas over NE Colombia, N and E Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, and N Brazil. Range amplified by Handley (1976), Husson (1978), and Voss (1992).

SYNONYMS: savannarum, venester.

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 747, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Sigmodon
Species
alstoni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.
  • Husson, A. M. 1978. The mammals of Suriname. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 569 pp., 160 pls.
  • 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.