Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins and Barnett 1997

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1110

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325078
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scientific name	Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins and Barnett 1997
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Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins and Barnett 1997 View in CoL

Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins and Barnett 1997 View in CoL , Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus . Lond., 63: 124.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Azuay Prov., Las Cajas, Lake Luspa, 3700 m; 02°50’S, 79°30’W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Las Cajas Ichthyomyine.

Distribution: Páramo, 3100-4000 m, of the Las Cajas Plateau, S Ecuador.

Discussion: Although exhibiting certain similarities to Neusticomys , the brunt of apomorphic traits substantiates the placement of orcesi in Chibchanomys . Phylogenetic relationships to other ichthyomyine genera examined by Jenkins and Barnett (1997); behavioral and ecological observations supplied by Barnett (1997).

References

Barnett, A. A. 1997. The ecology and natural history of a fishing mouse Chibchanomys spec. nov. (Ichthyomyini: Muridae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Zeitschrift fur Saugertierkunde, 62: 43 - 52.

Jenkins, P. D., and A. A. Barnett. 1997. A new species of water mouse, of the genus Chibchanomys (Rodentia, Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from Ecuador. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum, London (Zoology), 63: 123 - 128.