Sigmodontomys alfari J. A. Allen 1897

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 : 1177

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Sigmodontomys alfari J. A. Allen 1897 View in CoL

Sigmodontomys alfari J. A. Allen 1897 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 9: 39.

Type Locality: Costa Rica, Limón Prov., 3 mi (5 km) E Guápiles, Jiménez, 700 ft (213 m).

Vernacular Names: Short-tailed Sigmodontomys.

Synonyms: Sigmodontomys barbacoas (J. A. Allen 1916) ; Sigmodontomys efficax Goldman 1913 ; Sigmodontomys esmeraldarum Thomas 1901 ; Sigmodontomys ochraceus (J. A. Allen 1908) ; Sigmodontomys ochrinus (Thomas 1921) ; Sigmodontomys russulus (Thomas 1897) .

Distribution: Lowland forest from E Honduras to Panamá; C and W Colombia to NW Venezuela and NW Ecuador (see Musser et al., 1998:Fig. 51).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Karyotype reported by Gardner and Patton (1976). Musser et al. (1998) summarized locality records and compared them with other oryzomyines having trans-Andean distributions.