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
Rhipidomys emiliae
J. A. Allen 1916
Rhipidomys emiliae
J. A.
Allen 1916
,
Bull. Am.
Mus
. Nat. Hist., 35: 525
.
Type Locality:
Brazil
, ParĂ¡ State, Rio Moju.
Vernacular Names:
Eastern Amazon Rhipidomys
.
Distribution:
E Amazonia, principally in ParĂ¡ and
Mato Grosso
east of the Rio Xingu and as far south as Serra do Roncador, C
Brazil
.
Discussion:
R. leucodactylus
section
sensu
Tribe (1996)
. Described as a species of
Oecomys
, transferred to
Rhipidomys
by
Goodwin (1953)
, and thereafter associated as a form of
R. mastacalis
(Cabrera, 1961;
Musser and Carleton, 1993
) until reinstated as a species by
Tribe (1996)
. Distributional occurrence and morphological discrimination with respect to
R. nitela
to the west and
R. macrurus
to the east require amplification. Sympatry reported with
R. nitela
at Serra do Roncador (
Tribe, 1996
).