Calomys achaku, Zeballos et al, 2014

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 : 515

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6728247

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F06D13-FF42-208B-0D83-17830ABDF865

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scientific name

Calomys achaku
status

 

700. View Plate 30: Cricetidae

Arequipa Vesper Mouse

Calomys achaku

French: Calomys de Arequipa / German: Arequipa-Vespermaus / Spanish: Raton laucha de Arequipa

Taxonomy. Calomys achaku Zeballos et al., 2014 View in CoL , Linde, 3292 m, Colca Valley, Arequipa, Peru.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Andes of SW Peru. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 65-99 mm, tail 59-80 mm, ear 14-1-21 mm, hindfoot 14-6-20 mm; weight 17-28 g. The Arequipa Vesper Mouse is small, with shorttail (83-4% of head-body length). Dursum is pale gray to brown grayish, with orange hairs on some specimens, and venter is white.

Habitat. High-elevation grasslands dominated by Stipa ichu and Festuca orthophylla (both Poaceae ), Parastrephia lepidophylla ( Asteraceae ) shrubland, crop lands, and patches of Polylepis (Rosaceae) forest.

Food and Feeding. The Arequipa Vesper Mouse is mainly insectivorous.

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. Hershkovitz (1962), Olds (1988), Pearson & Patton (1976), Pizzimenti & de Salle (1980, 1981), Salazar-Bravo (2015¢), Zeballos et al. (2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Calomys

Loc

Calomys achaku

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

Calomys achaku

Zeballos et al 2014
2014
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