Scolomys melanops Anthony, 1924
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5414895 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03957B0F-FFF6-FF99-FD0B-5B47FB3FF91D |
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Felipe |
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Scolomys melanops Anthony, 1924 |
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Scolomys melanops Anthony, 1924 View in CoL
Figures 35, 36A
VOUCHER MATERIAL (N = 3): Jenaro Herrera (AMNH 276712, MUSM 23822), Nuevo San Juan (MUSM 11223). Additional specimens identified as Scolomys melanops that we have not examined were reported by Medina et al. (2015) from Quebrada Betilia (MUSA 15179–15181, 15186), Quebrada Pantaleón (MUSA 15260), and Quebrada Sábalo (MUSA 15204, 15220).
UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: No observation of this species can be reliably identified as such given the presence of two externally similar congeners in our region (see below).
OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED (N = 28): Ecuador — Pastaza, Mera ( AMNH 67518 , 67520– 67523 , 67524 [holotype]) ; Sucumbíos, Limoncocha ( USNM 513581–513583 ) . Peru — Loreto, Estación Biológica Allpahuayo ( LACM 96052 ; TTU 85487–85490, 85493–85496, 85499– 85502), Km 62–63 on Iquitos-Nauta Highway ( TTU 125605 , 125607 ) Mishana on Río Nanay ( LACM 97659 , 97660 ), San Jacinto ( KU 158212 ), Teniente López ( KU 158213 ) .
IDENTIFICATION: Scolomys melanops is easily distinguished morphologically from its sympatric congener S. ucayalensis by several qualitative
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