Calomys hummelincki Husson 1960

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 : 1107

Calomys hummelincki Husson 1960

Calomys hummelincki Husson 1960 , Stud. Faun. Curacao Carib. Isl., 43: 34.

Type Locality: Netherlands West Indies, Curaçao, Klein Santa Martha.

Vernacular Names: Hummelinck's Laucha.

Distribution: Llanos of NE Colombia (La Guajira), N and C Venezuela, and the continental-shelf islands Curaçao and Aruba.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally named as a species of Baiomys ; reidentified as Calomys and included in C. laucha by Hershkovitz (1962), who considered the Venezuelan populations to be introductions. Indigenous status and specific distinctiveness reasserted by Handley (1976) and underscored by subsequent research ( Garcia et al., 1999; Martino and Capanna, 2002; Pérez-Zapata et al., 1987); biogeographic scenario for derivation of C. hummelincki from southern populations of Calomys developed by Martino et al. (2002). Cytogenetics, allozymic and morphometric variation, and natural history monographed by Martino (2000); distribution discussed by Voss (1991 a) in the context of biogeographic comparisons with other small mammals inhabiting nonforest vegetation in N South America.