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
Scolomys ucayalensis
Pacheco 1991
Scolomys ucayalensis
Pacheco 1991
,
Publ.
Mus
. Hist. Nat., Ser. A Zool., Univ. Nac. Mayor de
San Marcos
, 37: 1
.
Type Locality:
Perú
,
Loreto
Dept., 2.8 km E Jenaro Herrera, right bank of
Río Ucayali
,
135 m
;
79°39'W
,
04°52'S
.
Vernacular Names:
Long-nosed Scolomys
.
Synonyms:
Scolomys juruaense
Patton and da Silva 1995
.
Distribution:
S
Colombia
, NE
Peru
, and westernmost
Brazil
(
Acre
and
Amazonas
) (Gómez-Laverde et al., 2004:Fig. 1).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Endangered.
Discussion:
Based on qualitative traits, morphometric analyses, and cytochrome
b
sequences, Gómez-Laverde et al. (2004) considered the recently described
juruaense
as insufficiently differentiated to warrant specific separation.