Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam, 1898

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 477-504 : 500

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353034

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7204092

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scientific name

Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam, 1898
status

 

Pitymys guatemalensis Merriam, 1898 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 108.

REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).

TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Todos Santos, 10,000 ft. (3048 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Madre from C. Chiapas ( Mexico), south through S.W. Guatemala.

COMMENT: Subgenus Herpetomys , usually in genus Microtus ; see Hall, 1981:803; placed by Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed., Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 60., in genus Pitymys , and CAR in genus Pitymys , subgenus Herpetomys . See Anderson, 1960, for a discussion of the subgenus Herpetomys .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080014001 as Microtus guatemalensis .

Anderson, S. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 12: 181 - 216.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Arvicolidae

Genus

Pitymys