Reithrodontomys microdon Merriam, 1901

Martínez-Borrego, Daily, Arellano, Elizabeth, González-Cózatl, Francisco X, Castro-Arellano, Ivan, León-Paniagua, Livia & Rogers, Duke S, 2022, Molecular systematics of the Reithrodontomys tenuirostris group (Rodentia: Cricetidae) highlighting the Reithrodontomys microdon species complex, Journal of Mammalogy 103 (1), pp. 29-44 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1093/jmammal/gyab133

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7832555

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scientific name

Reithrodontomys microdon Merriam, 1901
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Type locality. “ Todos Santos , Guatemala (altitude 10,000 ft.)” .

Synonym. Reithrodontomys microdon microdon Merriam, 1901:548 . Type locality: see above.

Distribution. Highlands of Guatemala ( Howell 1914), and the extreme southern portion of Mexico ( Hooper 1952). This species is distributed from the highlands of central and southern Chiapas in Mexico to the southwestern region of Guatemala.

Remarks. For additional information on type material, cranial measurements, morphological characteristics, habitat, and comparisons with other species of the subgenus Aporodon , see Hooper (1952:170).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Reithrodontomys

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