Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Scotinomys teguina
(Alston 1876)
[Hesperomys] teguina
Alston 1877
,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 755
.
Type Locality:
Guatemala
,
Alta Verapaz
Dept., Cobán.
Vernacular Names:
Short-tailed Singing Mouse
.
Synonyms:
Scotinomys apricus
(
Bangs 1902
)
;
Scotinomys cacabatus
Goodwin 1945
;
Scotinomys endersi
Goodwin 1946
;
Scotinomys episcopi
Enders and Pearson 1939
;
Scotinomys escazuensis
Goodwin 1945
;
Scotinomys garichensis
Enders and Pearson 1939
;
Scotinomys irazu
(J. A Allen 1904)
;
Scotinomys leridensis
Enders and Pearson 1939
;
Scotinomys rufoniger
Sanborn 1935
;
Scotinomys stenopygius
Buchanan and Howell 1967
;
Scotinomys subnubilis
Goldman 1935
.
Distribution:
Intermediate elevations of Middle America from E
Oaxaca
,
México
, to W
Panamá
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Level of differentiation and status of populations north (
teguina
) and south (
irazu
) of the Nicaraguan Depression merit reconsideration.
Hooper (1972)
recognized four subspecies.