Anotomys leander Thomas, 1906

VOSS, ROBERT S., 2003, A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental, American Museum Novitates 3421, pp. 1-48 : 22

Anotomys leander Thomas

SPECIMENS COLLECTED: 8.9 km (by road) W Papallacta, 12,480 ft (AMNH 244607; UMMZ 126294); 8.2 km (by road) W Papallacta, 12,000 ft (UMMZ 155603); 6.2 km (by road) W Papallacta, 11,700 ft (AMNH 244605, 244606; UMMZ 126295, 126296, 155598–155602).

OTHER MATERIAL: None.

TAXONOMY: The murid rodent tribe Ichthyomyini was revised by Voss (1988), who summarized available information about the diagnostic morphological characters of Anotomys leander based in part on this material.

FIELD OBSERVATIONS: The 12 specimens of Anotomys leander that I collected near Papallacta in 1978 and 1980 were trapped at elevations ranging from 3600 to 3750 m. All were taken along swift, cold, turbulent streams bordered by Subalpine Rain Forest or grassy páramo. Eight recorded captures were in traps set on rocky ledges or gravel beneath undercut banks at the water’s edge, but four specimens were trapped on rocks or logjams surrounded by swift current. More detailed habitat information about this series was summarized by Voss (1988: 412–413).