Nephelomys maculiventer (J. A. Allen, 1899)

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 415

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6707790

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scientific name

Nephelomys maculiventer
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373. View Plate 20: Cricetidae

Santa Marta Rice Rat

Nephelomys maculiventer View in CoL

French: Néphélomys de Santa Marta / German: Santa-Marta-Reisratte / Spanish: Rata arrocera de Santa Marta

Other common names: Santa Marta Nephelomys

Taxonomy. Oryzomys maculiventer J. A. Allen, 1899 , Sierra El Libano, 6000 ft, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.

C. Cardenas in 2017 concluded that N. maculiventer was a junior synonym of N. meridensis . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serrania de Perija, N Colombia. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 127-180 mm, tail 148-194 mm, ear 19 mm (dry), hindfoot 28-36 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Santa Marta Rice Rat is medium-large, with full, long, and soft pelage. Dorsum is tawny rufous, varied with black tipped hairs, and brighter and lighter tawny on sides; top of head is darker and less tawny than dorsum; nose and sides of face to eyes are gray; underparts are pure white; ventral pelage has patches of single-colored hairs on almost all specimens; forearm and manus are pure white to above elbow; hindfeet are gray, with tinge of fulvous, especially proximally; ears are large, brown, nearly naked on both surfaces except on anterior bases externally; and tail is usually unicolored. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 66, FN = 112.

Habitat. Montane and cloud forests at elevations of 900-2600 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The [UCN Red List.

Bibliography. Allen (1899b), Cardenas (2017), Gardner & Patton (1976), Musser & Williams (1985), Percequillo (2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Nephelomys

Loc

Nephelomys maculiventer

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Oryzomys maculiventer

J. A. Allen 1899
1899
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