Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes 1860)
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Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes 1860) View in CoL
[Melanomys] caliginosus (Tomes 1860) View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 263.
Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Esmeraldas.
Vernacular Names: Dusky Melanomys.
Synonyms: Melanomys affinis (J. A. Allen 1912) ; Melanomys buenavistae J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys chrysomelas (J. A. Allen 1897) ; Melanomys columbianus (J. A. Allen 1899) ; Melanomys idoneus (Goldman 1912) ; Melanomys lomitensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys monticola (J. A. Allen 1912) ; Melanomys obscurior ( Thomas 1894) ; Melanomys olivinus (Thomas 1902) ; Melanomys oroensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys phaeopus ( Thomas 1894) ; Melanomys tolimensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys vallicola J. A. Allen 1913 .
Distribution: Central American lowlands from easternmost Honduras through Panamá; in South America, N and W Colombia, including the Chocó (see Cadena et al., 1998), to SW Ecuador and NW Venezuela.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Chromosomal complement described by Gardner and Patton (1976).
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