Mus auritus Lichtenstein, 1830

Garbino, Guilherme S. T. & Nogueira, Marcelo R., 2017, On the mammals collected by Friedrich Sellow in Brazil and Uruguay (1814 – 1831), with special reference to the types and their provenance, Zootaxa 4221 (2), pp. 172-190 : 178

Mus auritus Lichtenstein, 1830 (ZMB_MAM 1688)

Specimen ZMB _MAM 1688 (skin, skull) ( Fig. 4 a), here identified as Akodon sp., has a label that reads “ typus von Calomys auritus Lichtenstein.” Lichtenstein (1830) described Mus auritus (not Mus auritus Fischer, 1814 ) based on a skin and skull collected in Rio de Janeiro. Although the description and plates are sufficient to make the name available, we could not identify the material to the species level, therefore, we are unable to correctly allocate this type.

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FIGURE 4. Type specimens of small rodents collected by Friedrich Sellow in Brazil: a) Mus auritus Lichtenstein; b) Mus nigrita Lichtenstein; c) Mus vulpinus Brants, and d) Mus leptosoma Brants. Scale bar = 10 mm.