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Map of collecting localities of the specimens of Neacomys sp. nov. (stars) 1. Colombia, Department of Santander, Municipality of El Carmen de Chucurí, vereda La Bodega, sector Manchurrias, western slope of the Serranía de los Yariguíes, Finca Buenos Aires, in the basin of the La San Guillerma stream (Type locality); 2. Colombia, Department of Santander, Municipality of Hato, vereda Hoya Negra. Numbers also correspond to the localities listed in Appendix I. Dashed lines represent boundaries of the municipalities encompassing the two localities. Green polygon represents the area comprised by the Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Map showing collection localities of the named and unamed small-bodied species of Neacomys (except N. pictus) along with salient topographic features of northern South America. Localities of N. tenuipes and Neacomys sp. nov are numbered according to Appendix I. Localities of the remaining species are detailed in Voss et al. (2001), Sánchez-Vendizú et al. (2018), and Semedo et al. (2020). Miniature in the right side of the map corresponds to the Bayesian Cytb phylogeny recovered here (FIGURE 3): species in the map and phylogeny are same colored; the numbers in some nodes correspond to the median divergence times estimated by Upham et al. (2019) within Neacomys." captionText-10="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." captionText-11="FIGURE 12. Illustration of Neacomys serranensis sp. nov. by wildlife artist and zoologist Velizar Simeonovski." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Bayesian Inference topology based on Cytb sequence data used to assess the position of Neacomys sp. nov. in relation to other species in the genus (BI and ML analyses resulted in congruent topologies). Support values are indicated for each node (Bayesian posterior probabilities to the left, and percentages of 1,000 bootstrap replicates to the right). Each terminal is identified by country of origin, the next largest political unit, and GenBank accession number (in red). For specimens of N. tenuipes and Neacomys sp. nov. sequenced here, collection numbers are provided, as well as a number referring to localities mapped in FIGURE 2 and listed in Appendix I. Shaded colored boxes enclose the species groups proposed by Hurtado &amp; Pacheco (2017) and Semedo et al. (2020). Abbreviations: BO (Bolivia), BR (Brazil), CO (Colombia), EC (Ecuador), FG (French Guyana), GU (Guyana), PE (Peru), and SU (Suriname)." captionText-3="FIGURE 4. Scatterplots of the Principal Components Analyses: PC1 and PC2 are represented in the graphics. A. PCA of the external and craniodental variables of all the small-bodied species of Neacomys; B. PCA of the craniodental variables of N. tenuipes and Neacomys sp. nov. Miniatures in the right side correspond to the Bayesian Cytb phylogeny recovered here (FIG- URE 3): species in the scatterplots and the phylogenies are same colored." captionText-4="FIGURE 5. A) Montane forest habitat along the left Bank of the La San Guillerma stream, adjacent to the type locality of Neacomys sp. nov. (municipality of El Carmen de Chucurí) (Photograph by Juliette Gualdrón) B) View of the forest remnant where the second specimen of Neacomys sp nov. was collected (municipality of Hato) (Photograph by Juliette Gualdrón). C) Topography of the western slope of the Serranía de los Yariguíes from the campsite “Finca Buenos Aires”; near the type locality of Neacomys sp. nov. D) Educational activity with members of the community in the municipality of El Carmen del Chucurí, Vereda la Bodega, Sector Manchurrias, illustrating the importance of government funded projects (like Santander BIO expeditions), not only to inventory the biodiversity of remote areas, but also to teach local people to preserve it." captionText-5="FIGURE 6. Dorsal perspectives of adult specimens belonging to the two Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Holotype of Neacomys sp. nov (UIS-MHN-M 1068). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723); note that a portion of the tail is missing in this specimen." captionText-6="FIGURE 7. Frontal perspectives of adult specimens belonging to the two Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Holotype of Neacomys sp. nov (UIS-MHN-M 1068); note the distinctive broad ochraceous-orange patches in the sides of the muzzle of this species. B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723)." captionText-7="FIGURE 8. Ventral perspectives of adult specimens illustrating the striking difference in ventral fur of the two Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Holotype of Neacomys sp. nov (UIS-MHN-M 1068). B) Section of the holotype of Neacomys sp. nov. showing its characteristic gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur. C) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723); note the contrasting entirely white ventral fur of this species." captionText-8="FIGURE 9. Comparison of the dorsal and ventral views of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B), D) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note the nasals more expanded anteriorly, the shallower zygomatic notches, the less developed supraorbital ridges, the procingulum of M1 flattened laterally, and the incisive foramina extending almost to anterior alveolus of M1 in Neacomys sp. nov. if: incisive foramen; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; nas: nasal bone; sob: supraorbital beads; zn: zygomatic notch." captionText-9="FIGURE 10. Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in Neacomys sp. nov. con: condylar process; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; mf: mental foramen; nas: nasals." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491120" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491122" figureDoi-10="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" figureDoi-11="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491146" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491124" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491126" figureDoi-4="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491128" figureDoi-5="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491132" figureDoi-6="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491134" figureDoi-7="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491136" figureDoi-8="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491138" figureDoi-9="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/4491120/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/4491122/files/figure.png" httpUri-10="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" httpUri-11="https://zenodo.org/record/4491146/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/4491124/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/4491126/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/4491128/files/figure.png" httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/4491132/files/figure.png" httpUri-6="https://zenodo.org/record/4491134/files/figure.png" httpUri-7="https://zenodo.org/record/4491136/files/figure.png" httpUri-8="https://zenodo.org/record/4491138/files/figure.png" httpUri-9="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="463">Figures 1-12</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D66102CFF297F258D42F96E" bold="true" box="[151,277,1655,1679]" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
A) Montane forest habitat along the left Bank of the La San Guillerma stream, adjacent to the type locality of
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sp nov. was collected (municipality of Hato) (Photograph by Juliette Gualdrón). C) Topography of the western slope of the Serranía de los Yariguíes from the campsite “Finca Buenos Aires”; near the type locality of
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D) Educational activity with members of the community in the municipality of El Carmen del Chucurí, Vereda la Bodega, Sector Manchurrias, illustrating the importance of government funded projects (like Santander BIO expeditions), not only to inventory the biodiversity of remote areas, but also to teach local people to preserve it.
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D66102CFF797EC78DE7F84E" bold="true" box="[199,432,1941,1968]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="464">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
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). It is considered as part of the Cordillera Oriental, the eastern ramus of the Colombian Andes, but is isolated from the main mountain chain by the dry valleys of the Suárez River in the east, and the Sogamoso River in the north. The entire massif belongs to the
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Valley Montane Forest ecoregion (
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Olson
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., 2001
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). The type locality of the species is at
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on the western slope, the less intervened portion (Donegan
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2009); it is dominated by
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high dense forest, and corresponds with the lower montane moist forest life zone and the Andean orobiome (
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;
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) (
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). The climate is characterized by a bimodal rainfall regime with a first peak of rains in April-May, and a second in September-October; December-February, as well as July, are the months with the lowest precipitation values. Mean annual precipitation is
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and mean annual temperature is 18.89 °C (
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). Plant families with highest importance value in the zone are
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. The
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was caught on the left bank of the La San Guillerma stream, in an entomological pitfall trap baited with approximately
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of human feces and installed in a forest belt with abundant leaf litter and a canopy above
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.
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There, historical logging is evident, and the surrounding area has been transformed into crops (coffee) and pastures for livestock. The collected individual is a young adult male with no scrotal testis. Other small terrestrial mammals also were recorded in nearby forest, some of them comprising typical montane taxa:
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cf.
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alfaroi, Heteromys australis, Marmosa (Micoureus) phaea,
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childi,
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sp.,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D65102FFB2F7A8189C1FC0C" box="[1169,1430,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="465">Rhipidomys fulviventer</emphasis>
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, and
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.
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The second locality is at
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on the eastern slope of the massif, the most intervened portion. The landscape is dominated by a mosaic of pastures with scarce fragments of secondary growth forest and corresponds with the lower montane moist forest life zone and the upper Andean orobiome (
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;
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) (
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). The climate also is characterized by a bimodal regime with the first peak of rains between April and July, and the second in September-October. November-March are the months with the lowest precipitation values, as well as August. The mean annual precipitation is
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, whereas the mean annual temperature is 16.08 C° (
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). The young specimen collected there was caught in a forest remnant along a small stream, in a pitfall trap baited with human feces. The surrounding area has been severely deforested and transformed into pastures for livestock that remain abandoned, which is evidenced by the presence of abundant ferns (genus
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D65102FFB9D7C6988CFFAB4" box="[1059,1176,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="465">Pteridyum</emphasis>
).
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D65102FFF797C0C8D1FFA98" bold="true" box="[199,328,1374,1401]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="465">Etymology.</emphasis>
</emphasis>
the specific epithet harbors a double meaning. Firstly, it derives from the Spanish adjective
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, from the sierra o serranía, as the species have only been recorded within the range of the Serranía de los Yariguíes, an important isolated massif that is part of the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental of
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. Secondly, it is a tribute to Victor Hugo Serrano Cardozo, Professor of the Universidad Industrial de
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, who has supported for more than 20 years the study of the biodiversity in the Department of
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,
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. Without his motivation, the discovering of this new species had not been possible.
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D65102FFF797F658D16F9B0" bold="true" box="[199,321,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="465">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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is a small species within the genus
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distinguished from other similar-sized congeners, especially from
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(the only other Trans-Andean species in
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) by the following combination of characters: ventral fur superficially ochraceous-buff, with individual gray-based hairs from chin to anus (the same pattern in the inner surface of the arms and legs), sides of the muzzle (above the mouth) with distinctive broad patches of ochraceous-orange hairs, tail much longer than the combined length of head and body, with small caudal scales bearing long hairs (under magnification and at least at the terminal half), short rostrum, nasals short and expanded anteriorly, narrow zygomatic plate, very shallow zygomatic notches, long incisive foramina (in relation to diastema length), almost reaching the anterior alveolus of M1, maxillary with small perforations at the posterior border of the incisive foramina, dorsal margin of the tegmen tympani exposed above the ectotympanic dorsal margin (leaving to a smaller postglenoid foramen), dorsal margin of the ectotympanic not reaching the mastoid tubercle (leaving to an open ectotympanic ring), short and broad hamullar process of the squamosal, short subsquamosal foramen, wide oval orbicular apophysis with its longitudinal axis forming an almost right angle with the manubrium of malleus, paraoccipital process slightly bifurcated and situated well above the ventral margin of the occipital condyle, M1 with narrow and divided anterocone, principal labial cusps (paracone, metacone) smaller than lingual cusps (protocone, hypocone), mesoflexus divided into a short labial cleft and a broad triangular fossette that forms a prominent landmark in the center of the tooth, broad and distally bifurcated metaflexus, round and laterally positioned mental foramen, and broad coronoid process.
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Dorsal perspectives of adult specimens belonging to the two Trans-Andean species of
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present in Colombia: A) Holotype of
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(UIS-MHN-M 1068). B)
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(UIS-MHN-M 1723); note that a portion of the tail is missing in this specimen.
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D64102EFF797CEC8DACFA38" bold="true" box="[199,507,1470,1497]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="466">Morphological description</emphasis>
</emphasis>
A small sized species. The dorsal pelage has a general orange brownish appearance given by a mix of individual predominantly orange hairs (with a very narrow blackish tip), and black-tipped spines (
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and
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). The brownish tint prevails in the middle of the back and the rump due to the concentration of black-tipped spines, while the paler orange tint prevails along the sides; most of the dorsal hairs and spines are grayish basally. The upper surface of the arms is covered by brown-grayish short hairs (some of them with a narrow buff-ochraceous tip) intermixed with buff-ochraceous hairs, which gives a general grayish appearance; the upper surface of the legs is similar to the adjacent parts of the dorsum. The ears are externally dark brown and scantily covered by dark-brownish and yellowish-orange short hairs; the region surrounding the external auditory meatus has a yellowish tint. The muzzle appears darker above (even more above the nose) due to the presence of entirely short black hairs. There are relatively broad orange-ochraceous patches in the sides of the muzzle (above the mouth) covering the area where the thickest mystacial vibrissae arise (
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). A clear narrow band, also ochraceousorange in color, delineates dorsal and ventral pelage. Ventral fur is superficially ochraceous-buff, with individual hairs grayish basally; the chin, the inguinal region, and the inner surface of the arms display a slightly paler tone (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D64102EFF1E7EC08CACF84D" box="[160,251,1938,1964]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1161,1185]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1137]" captionTargetId="figure-18@17.[151,1436,181,1137]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 8. Ventral perspectives of adult specimens illustrating the striking difference in ventral fur of the two Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Holotype of Neacomys sp. nov (UIS-MHN-M 1068). B) Section of the holotype of Neacomys sp. nov. showing its characteristic gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur. C) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723); note the contrasting entirely white ventral fur of this species." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491136" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491136/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="466">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
). The genal, superciliary, and mystacial vibrissae are long and extend beyond the posterior border of the pinnae. Dorsal surfaces of manus and pes are covered predominantly by short white hairs, but there are also white hairs with grayish-brown roots and entirely grayish brown hairs. Ungual manus tufts are whitish and do not pass the claws. Hind feet are small and narrow with six plantar pads; whitish ungual pedal tufts pass slightly the claws. Outer pedal digits are short, with the claw of the first digit reaching the second digit base, and the claw of the fifth digit extending approximately half length of the phalange 1 of adjacent fourth digit. Tail longer than the combined length of head and body (± 28% longer in the
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), appearing dark brown dorsally but ventrally with a paler tone at the base. Relatively small caudal scales (20 per centimeter at the base of the holotypes tail dorsal surface) are present, the dorsal ones bearing dark hairs and the ventral ones bearing paler (whitish) hairs. Tail upper hairs cover approximately the length of one scale at the first 1/3 of the total tails length, but in the remaining 2/3 they cover the length of one and a half scale; lower tail hairs are longer, covering more than the length of one scale (up to two scales) along the entire surface of the tail. There is an inconspicuous tuft of hairs at the tails tip.
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7B1031FF297E3F8D45F864" bold="true" box="[151,274,1901,1925]" pageId="16" pageNumber="467">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Frontal perspectives of adult specimens belonging to the two Trans-Andean species of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7B1031FBC47E3C88B5F864" box="[1146,1250,1902,1925]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="467">Neacomys</emphasis>
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present in Colombia: A) Holotype of
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(UIS-MHN-M 1068); note the distinctive broad ochraceous-orange patches in the sides of the muzzle of this species. B)
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7B1031FE5D7EE48EF1F82C" box="[483,678,1974,1997]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="467">Neacomys tenuipes</emphasis>
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(UIS-MHN-M 1723).
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7A1030FF297DDB8D44FB40" bold="true" box="[151,275,1161,1185]" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Ventral perspectives of adult specimens illustrating the striking difference in ventral fur of the two Trans-Andean species of
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present in Colombia: A) Holotype of
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</taxonomicName>
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(UIS-MHN-M 1068). B) Section of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7A1030FF0A7D808D4BFB08" box="[180,284,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">Neacomys</emphasis>
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showing its characteristic gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur. C)
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7A1030FB837D808956FB08" box="[1085,1281,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">Neacomys tenuipes</emphasis>
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(UIS-MHN-M 1723); note the contrasting entirely white ventral fur of this species.
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Skull with relatively short rostrum flanked by shallow zygomatic notches (
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). Short nasal bones expanded anteriorly, with irregular almost squared posterior ends placed slightly beyond the premaxillary-maxilary-frontal, and maxillary-frontal-lacrimal sutures; there is a slight depression at the end of the nasal bones. Sutures between maxillary and frontal bones appear as large interdigitations. Lacrimals are conspicuous and irregular in form, having a wide portion in contact with maxillary, and a small portion with a spinous projection in its posterior borders in contact with frontals. Interorbital region hourglass in shape, with supraorbital beads weakly developed, dorsally oriented, and continuing onto braincase as low temporal crest (reaching the fronto-parietal joint). Braincase relatively wide and conspicuously inflated
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7A1035FF797F0E8E06F945" blockId="17.[151,1437,1339,2014]" lastBlockId="20.[151,1437,1422,2025]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="471" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">
In lateral profile the skull seems convex due to the globose braincase (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7A1030FC447F098833F997" box="[1018,1124,1627,1654]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1873,1897]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetId="figure-18@19.[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in Neacomys sp. nov. con: condylar process; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; mf: mental foramen; nas: nasals." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
). The anterior edges of the nasals extend slightly beyond the rostral processes of premaxilla; gnathic process is short. Zygomatic plate is narrow and zygomatic notches indistinct; anterior border of plate relatively flat and placed slightly in front of anterior margin of superior maxillary root of zygoma; posterior margin of zygomatic plate situated anterior to the alveolus of M1. The infraorbital foramen is narrow (frontal view). The insertion of the superficial masseter is found at the inferior zygomatic root, slightly behind the anterior margin of the zygomatic plate. The sphenopalatine foramen is placed at the level of the metacone of M1. Alisphenoid strut is absent. The presence of a conspicuous sphenofrontal foramen and a squamosal-alisphenoid groove on each side, in conjunction with the presence of the stapedial foramen, indicate a primitive carotid circulation (pattern 1 of
<bibRefCitation id="EFFE4B647D7A1030FCA27E2E8FCEF877" author="Voss, R. S." box="[796,921,1916,1942]" pageId="17" pageNumber="468" pagination="25 - 493" refId="ref29551" refString="Voss, R. S. (1988) Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea): patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptative radiation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 188, 25 - 493." type="journal article" year="1988">Voss, 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFE4B647D7A1030FC1B7E298892F877" author="Carleton, M. D. &amp; Musser, G. G." box="[933,1221,1915,1942]" pageId="17" pageNumber="468" pagination="1 - 83" refId="ref24802" refString="Carleton, M. D. &amp; Musser, G. G. (1989) Systematics studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): a synopsis of Microryzomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 191, 1 - 83." type="journal article" year="1989">Carleton &amp; Musser, 1989</bibRefCitation>
). The hamular process of the squamosal is short but relatively thick and stout (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7A1030FC917ECD8FCDF85B" box="[815,922,1951,1978]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1873,1897]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetId="figure-18@19.[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in Neacomys sp. nov. con: condylar process; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; mf: mental foramen; nas: nasals." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">Figs 10A</figureCitation>
, and
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7A1030FC6C7EF28FB8F85B" box="[978,1007,1952,1978]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="468">11</figureCitation>
). Tegmen tympani is partially exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, acting as a membrane that partially covers the ventral portions of the subsquamosal and posglenoid foramina; tegmen tympani does not reach the posterior process of the squamosal (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7F1035FF1E7CE08CA6FA2C" box="[160,241,1458,1485]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). Postglenoid foramen is relatively small and semicircular; the subsquamosal foramen is also small, shortened antero-posteriorly, and placed below the squamosal root of zygomatic arch. There is no contact between the anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic and the mastoid tubercle, which leads to an opened ectotympanic ring (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7F1035FAD17CA88CE3F9D8" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). The orbicular apophysis of the malleus is wide and elongate (oval in shape), with its longitudinal axis forming an almost right angle with the manubrium (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7F1035FDCB7F108E92F9BC" box="[629,709,1602,1629]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). Mastoid with a conspicuous but small dorsolateral fenestra. The paraoccipital process is small, robust, slightly bifurcated and placed close to the auditory bulla and well above the ventral margin of the occipital condyle.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD036957D791033FF297E0188F4F81A" blockId="18.[151,1437,1875,2043]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FF297E018D46F88A" bold="true" box="[151,273,1875,1899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Comparison of the dorsal and ventral views of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D791033FBE07E068891F88A" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[1118,1222,1876,1899]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FBE07E068891F88A" box="[1118,1222,1876,1899]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
present in Colombia: A), C)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D791033FF627E2A8D13F86E" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[220,324,1912,1935]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FF627E2A8D13F86E" box="[220,324,1912,1935]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D791033FEF77E258DC0F86F" box="[329,407,1911,1934]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B), D)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D791033FC9A7E2A8FB2F86E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" box="[804,997,1912,1935]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuipes">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FC9A7E2A8FB2F86E" box="[804,997,1912,1935]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Neacomys tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note the nasals more expanded anteriorly, the shallower zygomatic notches, the less developed supraorbital ridges, the procingulum of M1 flattened laterally, and the incisive foramina extending almost to anterior alveolus of M1 in
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D791033FC607E928811F836" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[990,1094,1984,2007]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FC607E928811F836" box="[990,1094,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D791033FBF37EED88CBF837" box="[1101,1180,1983,2006]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FB1F7EED88EDF836" bold="true" box="[1185,1210,1983,2007]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">if:</emphasis>
incisive foramen;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FAC67EED8C93F81A" bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">M1 prc:</emphasis>
procingulum of first upper molar;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FD9B7EB18E05F81A" bold="true" box="[549,594,2019,2043]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">nas:</emphasis>
nasal bone;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FD6F7EB18EA9F81A" bold="true" box="[721,766,2019,2043]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">sob:</emphasis>
supraorbital beads;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D791033FC757EB18FBAF81A" bold="true" box="[971,1005,2019,2043]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">zn:</emphasis>
zygomatic notch.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF10661D7D781032FF297E038ED0F818" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4491142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" startId="19.[151,250,1873,1897]" targetBox="[170,1417,181,1848]" targetPageId="19">
<paragraph id="8BD036957D781032FF297E038ED0F818" blockId="19.[151,1436,1873,2041]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FF297E038D76F888" bold="true" box="[151,289,1873,1897]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D781032FB8A7E0088CBF888" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[1076,1180,1874,1897]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FB8A7E0088CBF888" box="[1076,1180,1874,1897]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
present in Colombia: A)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D781032FF297E248CA8F86C" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[151,255,1910,1933]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FF297E248CA8F86C" box="[151,255,1910,1933]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D781032FEB87E278D03F86D" box="[262,340,1909,1932]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D781032FD7E7E248FD5F86C" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" box="[704,898,1910,1933]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuipes">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FD7E7E248FD5F86C" box="[704,898,1910,1933]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Neacomys tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D781032FCB87EEC8F39F834" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[774,878,1982,2005]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FCB87EEC8F39F834" box="[774,878,1982,2005]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D781032FCCA7EEF8F95F835" box="[884,962,1981,2004]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FC797EEF8FA1F834" bold="true" box="[967,1014,1981,2005]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">con:</emphasis>
condylar process;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FB0D7EEF8898F834" bold="true" box="[1203,1231,1981,2005]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">hp</emphasis>
: hamular process of the squamosal;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FE8B7EB38D0CF818" bold="true" box="[309,347,2017,2041]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">mf:</emphasis>
mental foramen;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D781032FDB07EB38E6CF818" bold="true" box="[526,571,2017,2041]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">nas:</emphasis>
nasals.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF10661D7D7F1035FF297D228815FA81" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" startId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" targetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" targetPageId="20">
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7F1035FF297D228815FA81" blockId="20.[151,1437,1136,1377]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FF297D228D49FB69" bold="true" box="[151,286,1136,1160]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7F1035FBE47D238895FB69" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[1114,1218,1137,1160]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FBE47D238895FB69" box="[1114,1218,1137,1160]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
present in Colombia: A), C), E)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7F1035FEB97DC78D38FB4D" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[263,367,1173,1196]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FEB97DC78D38FB4D" box="[263,367,1173,1196]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D7F1035FEC97DC78D90FB4D" box="[375,455,1173,1196]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
B), D), F)
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7F1035FD827DC78EF8FB4D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" box="[572,687,1173,1196]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuipes">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FD827DC78E1AFB4D" box="[572,589,1173,1196]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FDE57DC78EF8FB4D" box="[603,687,1173,1196]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species.
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FBBC7D8E8872FB15" bold="true" box="[1026,1061,1244,1268]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">ab:</emphasis>
auditory bullae;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FB707D8E8944FB15" bold="true" box="[1230,1299,1244,1268]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">adeect</emphasis>
: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FE1A7C528D9AFAF9" bold="true" box="[420,461,1280,1304]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">hyp</emphasis>
: hypoflexus;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FDE77C528E2AFAF9" bold="true" box="[601,637,1280,1304]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">hp:</emphasis>
hamular process of the squamosal;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FC577C528816FAF9" bold="true" box="[1001,1089,1280,1304]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">M1 prc:</emphasis>
procingulum of first upper molar;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FF297C768C9DFADD" bold="true" box="[151,202,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">mes:</emphasis>
mesoflexus;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FEEF7C768DD4FADD" bold="true" box="[337,387,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">met:</emphasis>
metaflexus;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FDB87C768E7BFADD" bold="true" box="[518,556,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">mt:</emphasis>
mastoid tubercle;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FD567C768F5DFADD" bold="true" box="[744,778,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">oa:</emphasis>
orbicular apophysis;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FC587C768843FADD" bold="true" box="[998,1044,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">par:</emphasis>
paraflexus;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FB2C7C7688E9FADD" bold="true" box="[1170,1214,1316,1340]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">pgf:</emphasis>
postglenoid foramen;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FF297C1A8CEBFA81" bold="true" box="[151,188,1352,1376]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">pp:</emphasis>
paraoccipital process;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FE1B7C1A8D84FA81" bold="true" box="[421,467,1352,1376]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">pro:</emphasis>
protoflexus;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FDE47C1A8E28FA81" bold="true" box="[602,639,1352,1376]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">ssf:</emphasis>
subsquamosal fenestra;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7F1035FCC97C1A8FC7FA81" bold="true" box="[887,912,1352,1376]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">tt:</emphasis>
tegmen tympani.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7F1034FF797FFC8C8AFEA0" blockId="20.[151,1437,1422,2025]" lastBlockId="21.[151,1436,151,321]" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="472" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
The incisive foramina are moderately long (averaging about 65% of diastema length), with outer borders slightly curved and posteriorly convergent; their posterior margins extend almost to the anterior alveolus of M1 (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7F1035FADA7F808CEFF8F0" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1875,1899]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,181,1851]" captionTargetId="figure-22@18.[241,1347,181,1851]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 9. Comparison of the dorsal and ventral views of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B), D) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note the nasals more expanded anteriorly, the shallower zygomatic notches, the less developed supraorbital ridges, the procingulum of M1 flattened laterally, and the incisive foramina extending almost to anterior alveolus of M1 in Neacomys sp. nov. if: incisive foramen; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; nas: nasal bone; sob: supraorbital beads; zn: zygomatic notch." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491138" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491138/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Figs. 9B</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7F1035FF507FA58D5CF8F0" box="[238,267,1783,1809]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">11</figureCitation>
). The premaxillary portion of the septum is slightly narrower than the maxillary portion. There are small perforations on the maxillary adjacent to the posterior margins of the incisive foramina. Relatively large and deep posterolateral palatal pits are placed posterior to M3, surrounding the anterior margin of the mesopterygoid fossa; at least in the
<typeStatus id="54D488377D7F1035FEA77E308D29F89D" box="[281,382,1890,1916]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, there are two pits in one side and one in the other. Mesopterygoid fossa, which doesn´t reach the posterior end of M3, with wide M-shaped anterior margin (non-evident palatal spine). Irregular sphenopalatine vacuities are present around basisphenoid and presphenoid. The pterygoids are slightly convergent posteriorly; the parapterygoid fossae are shallow and triangular, with small irregularly distributed perforations but not evident fontanellae. Borders of the pterygoid plates are moderately curved. The posterior opening of the alisphenoid canal is oval, and its length is about M3 breadth. Auditory bullae small and flask-shaped, with the exposed flange of periotic extending to internal carotid canal; eustachian tube short and wide. Anterior bullae process is in contact with the posterior margin of the pterygoid plate. Anterior border of the foramen magnum is wide, with not conspicuous notch.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF10661D7D7E1034FF297F1D895DF986" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491146" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4491146" box="[151,1290,1615,1639]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491146/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" startId="21.[151,250,1615,1639]" targetBox="[170,1417,345,1592]" targetPageId="21">
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7E1034FF297F1D895DF986" blockId="21.[151,1290,1615,1639]" box="[151,1290,1615,1639]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7E1034FF297F1D8D77F986" bold="true" box="[151,288,1615,1639]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Illustration of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7E1034FE097F028ECDF986" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[439,666,1616,1639]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7E1034FE097F028ECDF986" box="[439,666,1616,1639]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Neacomys serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D7E1034FD1F7F028EB8F986" box="[673,751,1616,1639]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by wildlife artist and zoologist Velizar Simeonovski.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7E1034FF797FC78EEEF8FA" blockId="21.[151,1437,1685,2036]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
Mandible with a wide and short condyle (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7E1034FD167FC78F44F94E" box="[680,787,1685,1711]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1873,1897]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetId="figure-18@19.[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in Neacomys sp. nov. con: condylar process; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; mf: mental foramen; nas: nasals." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
). Thin, short, and claw-shaped coronoid process situated well anterior to the condyle, forming a u-shaped sigmoid notch. Masseteric crest placed below the protoconid of m1; capsular process forming a subtle rounded elevation that is placed slightly beyond the coronoid process. Mental foramen relatively large and laterally positioned.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7E1037FF797E748EB4FD2C" blockId="21.[151,1437,1685,2036]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1437,151,1978]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="473" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
Upper incisors are opisthodont, with rounded tips and pigmented anterior face (yellowish orange). Molar rows are parallel; principal labial cusps (paracone, metacone) smaller than lingual cusps (protocone, hypocone) (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D7E1034FAD17E1B8CE3F866" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1136,1160]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetId="figure-22@20.[151,1436,181,1112]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Selected qualitative morphological traits differentiating Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A), C), E) Neacomys sp. nov. B), D), F) N. tenuipes. Note the tegmen tympani exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, the opened ectotympanic ring, the larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus, the bifurcated paraoccipital process, the deeper folds of the upper molars, and the divided mesoflexus of M1 in the new species. ab: auditory bullae; adeect: anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic; hyp: hypoflexus; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; M1 prc: procingulum of first upper molar; mes: mesoflexus; met: metaflexus; mt: mastoid tubercle; oa: orbicular apophysis; par: paraflexus; pgf: postglenoid foramen; pp: paraoccipital process; pro: protoflexus; ssf: subsquamosal fenestra; tt: tegmen tympani." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491144" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491144/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). First maxillary molar with narrow anterocone (which gives the tooth a general subtriangular appearance), divided by a weakly developed anteromedian flexus (only evident in the right M1 of the
<typeStatus id="54D488377D7E1034FBDE7EC38893F84D" box="[1120,1220,1937,1964]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) (
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and
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); procingulum is anteriorly rounded. The anteroflexus does not reach the labial surface, and instead, is a relatively elongated internal fossette; the anteroloph is narrow, almost perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the tooth and does not reach the labial surface. Paraflexus prominent, broad, long, and deep, divided distally by the intrusion of the protolophule. The mesoflexus is divided into a short labial cleft and a large internal fossette that forms a very prominent landmark in the center of the tooth. The mesoloph crosses the tooth diagonally and reaches the labial cingulum; it is relatively broad near the median mure, then gets compressed by the mesoflexus (labial cleft) but enlarges again when reaches the labial surface (at this zone, the mesoloph is almost perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tooth). The metaflexus is also prominent, wide, long, deep, and “bifurcated” distally. The posteroflexus is a short internal fossette; posteroloph is moderately narrow and reaches the labial surface. The protoflexus and hypoflexus are very distinct and broad. M2 is approximately squared in occlusal outline; the anteroloph, mesoloph, and posteroloph are almost parallel (perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tooth) and reach the labial surface. The paraflexus is narrow proximally (near the labial surface) but enlarges distally (in the middle of the tooth, near the anterior mure). The mesoflexus of M2 is divided and resembles that of M1, with a short labial cleft and a large internal fossette. The metaflexus is prominent and deep, while the posteroflexus is a short internal fossette. The protoflexus is indistinct, while the hypoflexus is clearly differentiated (deep and long). M3 is small, half the size of M2, and subtriangular; the anteroloph is short and straight. The paraflexus forms a continuous fold with a labial short element of the mesoflexus, surrounding the paracone; there is a distal (in the center of the tooth) element of the metaflexus forming a prominent internal fossete.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7D1037FF797B858F66FAD0" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1978]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">In the lower dentition, the procingulum of m1 is narrow, which gives the tooth a general subtriangular appearance. The anteromedian flexid is almost indistinct, however, the anterolingual and anterolabial conulids are evident. There is no trace of the anteroflexid, and the anterolophid is fused with the anteroconid. The metaflexid is prominent and is fused with the mesoflexid, forming a deep and broad groove that surrounds the metaconid. The mesolophid is poorly developed and fused with the entoconid; the entoflexid does not reach the labial surface, and instead, it is reduced to a small internal fossette. The posteroflexid is prominent, deep, and very broad; the posterolophid is well developed and reaches the labial surface. The hypoflexid is divided by the ectostylid into an anterior broad and long element, and a posterior small cleft, both reaching the labial surface; the protoflexid also reaches the lingual surface and is remarkably broad. The anterolabial cingulum of m2 is well marked but slender, followed by a narrow, shallow, and not very long protoflexid. The mesoflexid is very broad, long, and slightly bifurcated on its anterior end; the mesolophid and the entoflexid are indistinguishable, fused with the entoconid. Contrary, the posteroflexid is prominent, deep and very broad; the posterolophid is evident and reaches the labial surface. The hypoflexid forms a prominent, deep and long basin on the tooth surface. On m3 the anterolabial cingulum is very narrow, and the protoflexid is indistinguishable. The protoconid, hypoconid, and metaconid are well defined, while the entoconid, as well as the mesolophid, are not evident. The mesoflexid is a semicircular, very prominent, and relatively deep fossette, contrary to the posteroflexid, which is a shallow, short and narrow element. The posterolophid is well defined. The hypoflexid is prominent, long, deep, and moderately broad.</paragraph>
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measurements
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HBL: 80; LT: 102; HF: 20; Ear: 15.70; CIL: 18.36; LD: 5.12; LM: 2.82; BM1: 0.91; LIF: 3.11; BIF: 1.57; BPB: 2.19; BZP: 1.65; LR: 6.3; LN: 7.56; LIB: 4.32; BB: 10.4; ZB: 10.95; Wt: 14 (
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).
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<paragraph id="8BD036957D7D1037FF797CD18898F858" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,1978]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FF797CD18D2BFA7C" bold="true" box="[199,380,1411,1437]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FF797CD18D08FA7C" bold="true" box="[199,351,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Comparisons</emphasis>
</emphasis>
There are only two species of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FD717CD18F15FA7D" box="[719,834,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Neacomys</emphasis>
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confirmed for
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:
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FBD77CD18828FA7C" bold="true" box="[1129,1151,1411,1437]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">a.</emphasis>
The first of them,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FAEF7CD18C80FA21" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. spinosus</emphasis>
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, have been reported from the departments of
<collectingRegion id="49ABF8777D7D1037FD6F7CF58F5CFA20" box="[721,779,1447,1473]" country="Colombia" name="Meta" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Meta</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="49ABF8777D7D1037FC817CF58FC4FA20" box="[831,915,1447,1473]" country="Colombia" name="Vaupes" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Vaupés</collectingRegion>
, in the Amazonian lowlands east of the Cordillera Oriental (Cis-Andean) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFE4B647D7D1037FE6E7C998ECBFA04" author="Solari, S. &amp; Munoz-Saba, Y. &amp; Rodriguez-Mahecha, J. V. &amp; Defler, T. R. &amp; Ramirez-Chaves, H. E. &amp; Trujillo, F." box="[464,668,1483,1509]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" pagination="301 - 365" refId="ref29175" refString="Solari, S., Munoz-Saba, Y., Rodriguez-Mahecha, J. V., Defler, T. R., Ramirez-Chaves, H. E. &amp; Trujillo, F. (2013) Riqueza, endemismo y conservacion de los mamiferos de Colombia. Mastozoologia Neotropical, 20 (2), 301 - 365." type="journal article" year="2013">
Solari
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FDA47C998E1CFA04" box="[538,587,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">et al</emphasis>
., 2013
</bibRefCitation>
). However, the taxonomical identity of these populations is uncertain according to the work of
<bibRefCitation id="EFFE4B647D7D1037FE0F7CBD8EB4F9E8" author="Hurtado, N. &amp; Pacheco, V." box="[433,739,1519,1545]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" pagination="401 - 440" refId="ref27021" refString="Hurtado, N. &amp; Pacheco, V. (2017) Revision of Neacomys spinosus (Thomas, 1882) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with emphasis on Peruvian populations and the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4242 (3), 401 - 440. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4242.3.1" type="journal article" year="2017">Hurtado &amp; Pacheco (2017)</bibRefCitation>
. These authors found remarkable genetical and morphological structure between different populations of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FDC87F418EBAF9CD" box="[630,749,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. spinous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, recognizing at least three well discretized taxa:
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FAAA7F418D15F9B0" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FAAA7F4189CFF9CD" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" box="[1300,1432,1555,1580]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinosus">N. spinosus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FF297F658D15F9B0" authorityName="Hurtado &amp; Pacheco" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,322,1591,1617]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vargasllosai">N. vargasllosai</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, and
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FE3C7F658E5FF9B1" box="[386,520,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. amoenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Relying on the distributional data provided in their work, but without the direct inspection of voucher specimens, it is possible to hypothesize that the Cis-Andean species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FB0A7F098970F995" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[1204,1319,1627,1652]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FB0A7F098970F995" box="[1204,1319,1627,1652]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">Neacomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
present in
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is
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FE9A7F2D8DFFF979" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" box="[292,424,1663,1688]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amoenus">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FE9A7F2D8DFFF979" box="[292,424,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. amoenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(subspecies
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FD8B7F2D8E81F978" box="[565,726,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
), and not
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FCFB7F2D8F9AF979" box="[837,973,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FCFB7F2D8F9EF979" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1882" box="[837,969,1663,1688]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinosus">N. spinosus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Despite of the notably allopatric distribution between
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FE907FF18D85F95C" box="[302,466,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FDB67FF18EFDF95D" box="[520,682,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D7D1037FD0F7FF18F54F95C" box="[689,771,1699,1725]" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
, is important to mention that both taxa are morphologically and morphometrically well differentiated;
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FDC77F958F77F900" box="[633,800,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
belongs to the monophyletic large-bodied group within the genus (
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Sánchez-Vendizú
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FE607FB98E47F8E4" box="[478,528,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">et al</emphasis>
., 2018
</bibRefCitation>
) (
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) and its external and craniodental dimensions exceed those of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FA3D7FB98D4FF8C9" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FA3D7FB98D4FF8C9" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, which belongs to the non-monophyletic small bodied group (e.g. HF = 23.25 vs. 20; CIL = 21.78 vs. 18.36; LM = 3.20 vs. 2.82) (
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). Whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FC5C7E6188D3F8AD" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[994,1156,1843,1868]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FC5C7E6188D3F8AD" box="[994,1156,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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has a gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur, in
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FE497E058ECBF890" box="[503,668,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
the ventral coloration is completely white (
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). The muzzle of
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7D1037FF297E298D6FF875" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[151,312,1915,1940]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="473" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FF297E298D6FF875" box="[151,312,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is also distinctive, with the presence of broad orange-ochraceous patches on each side (above the mouth) that have not been noted in specimens of
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7D1037FD567ECD8FDCF858" box="[744,907,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="473">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
(
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FF2979CA8D5DFF51" bold="true" box="[151,266,152,176]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Morphological comparisons among small-bodied species of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FC2B79CB885DFF51" box="[917,1034,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Neacomys,</emphasis>
Part I
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<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D79908D79FF15" box="[163,302,194,244]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Characters</th>
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB79908DA3FF15" box="[325,500,194,244]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FCBB79908F0EFF15" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
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carceleni
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a
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<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC2879908864FF15" box="[918,1075,194,244]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D7C1036FC0E79828841FF04" box="[944,1046,208,229]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="23" pageNumber="474" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rosalindae">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FC0E79828841FF04" box="[944,1046,208,229]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">rosalindae</emphasis>
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b
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<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF3799088B1FF15" box="[1101,1254,194,244]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FBDE79828880FF04" box="[1120,1239,208,229]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">macedoruizi</emphasis>
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b
</th>
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB9799089C7FF15" box="[1287,1424,194,244]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FAA17983893CFF07" box="[1311,1387,209,230]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">minutus</emphasis>
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bc
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</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D785489C7FE95" box="[163,1424,262,372]" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D78548D79FE95" box="[163,302,262,372]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Tail</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB78548DA3FE95" box="[325,500,262,372]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">distinctly longer than HB; bicolored at the base</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB178548E9EFE95" box="[527,713,262,372]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">distinctly longer than HB; bicolored at the base</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F78548F2AFE95" box="[737,893,262,372]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">subequal to HB</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC2878548864FE95" box="[918,1075,262,372]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slightly longer than HB</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF3785488B1FE95" box="[1101,1254,262,372]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slightly longer than HB</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB9785489C7FE95" box="[1287,1424,262,372]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slightly longer than HB</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D78D489C7FE37" box="[163,1424,390,470]" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D78D48D79FE37" box="[163,302,390,470]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Ventral fur color</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB78D48DA3FE37" box="[325,500,390,470]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">gray-based ochraceous-buff</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB178D48E9EFE37" box="[527,713,390,470]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">completely white to pale orange</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F78D48F2AFE37" box="[737,893,390,470]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">completely white</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC2878D48864FE37" box="[918,1075,390,470]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">completely white or slightly buffy</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF378D488B1FE37" box="[1101,1254,390,470]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">completely white</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB978D489C7FE37" box="[1287,1424,390,470]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">completely white</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D78BA89C7FDB7" box="[163,1424,488,598]" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D78BA8D79FDB7" box="[163,302,488,598]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Muzzle</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB78BA8DA3FDB7" box="[325,500,488,598]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">With broad ochraceous- orange patches on each side</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB178BA8E9EFDB7" box="[527,713,488,598]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">inconspicuous and very narrow patches</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F78BA8F2AFDB7" box="[737,893,488,598]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">inconspicuous patches</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC2878BA8864FDB7" box="[918,1075,488,598]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">inconspicuous patches</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF378BA88B1FDB7" box="[1101,1254,488,598]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">inconspicuous patches</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB978BA89C7FDB7" box="[1287,1424,488,598]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">inconspicuous patches</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7B3589C7FD9C" box="[163,1424,615,637]" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7B358D79FD9C" box="[163,302,615,637]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Rostrum</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7B358DA3FD9C" box="[325,500,615,637]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">short</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17B358E9EFD9C" box="[527,713,615,637]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">long</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7B358F2AFD9C" box="[737,893,615,637]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287B358864FD9C" box="[918,1075,615,637]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">short</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37B3588B1FD9C" box="[1101,1254,615,637]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">long</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97B3589C7FD9C" box="[1287,1424,615,637]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">long</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7BDC89C7FD1D" box="[163,1424,654,764]" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7BDC8D79FD1D" box="[163,302,654,764]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Nasal bones</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7BDC8DA3FD1D" box="[325,500,654,764]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">expanded anteriorly</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17BDC8E9EFD1D" box="[527,713,654,764]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">narrow anteriorly; hooked-shaped anteriorly in lateral view</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7BDC8F2AFD1D" box="[737,893,654,764]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287BDC8864FD1D" box="[918,1075,654,764]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">narrow anteriorly</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37BDC88B1FD1D" box="[1101,1254,654,764]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">expanded anteriorly</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97BDC89C7FD1D" box="[1287,1424,654,764]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">narrow anteriorly</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7A5F89C7FC32" box="[163,1424,781,979]" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7A5F8D79FC32" box="[163,302,781,979]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Interorbital region</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7A5F8DA3FC32" box="[325,500,781,979]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">hourglass- shaped; weakly convergent anteriorly; supraorbital beads weakly developed</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17A5F8E9EFC32" box="[527,713,781,979]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
hourglass-shaped; weakly convergent anteriorly; supraorbital beads weakly developed, but more than in
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<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7A5F8F2AFC32" box="[737,893,781,979]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">weakly convergent anteriorly; supraorbital beads well developed</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287A5F8864FC32" box="[918,1075,781,979]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">hourglass- shaped; weakly convergent anteriorly; supraorbital beads well developed</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37A5F88B1FC32" box="[1101,1254,781,979]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">strongly convergent anteriorly; strongly convergent anteriorly</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97A5F89C7FC32" box="[1287,1424,781,979]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">strongly convergent anteriorly; strongly convergent anteriorly</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7AB789C7FBF9" box="[163,1424,997,1048]" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7AB78D79FBF9" box="[163,302,997,1048]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Dorsal profile of skull</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7AB78DA3FBF9" box="[325,500,997,1048]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">convex</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17AB78E9EFBF9" box="[527,713,997,1048]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">flat</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7AB78F2AFBF9" box="[737,893,997,1048]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">flat</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287AB78864FBF9" box="[918,1075,997,1048]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">convex</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37AB788B1FBF9" box="[1101,1254,997,1048]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">convex</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97AB789C7FBF9" box="[1287,1424,997,1048]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">flat</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7D7B89C7FB9B" box="[163,1424,1065,1146]" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7D7B8D79FB9B" box="[163,302,1065,1146]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Carotid circulatory pattern</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7D7B8DA3FB9B" box="[325,500,1065,1146]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17D7B8E9EFB9B" box="[527,713,1065,1146]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7D7B8F2AFB9B" box="[737,893,1065,1146]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287D7B8864FB9B" box="[918,1075,1065,1146]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37D7B88B1FB9B" box="[1101,1254,1065,1146]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97D7B89C7FB9B" box="[1287,1424,1065,1146]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">primitive (pattern 1)</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7DD989C7FB5E" box="[163,1424,1163,1215]" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7DD98D79FB5E" box="[163,302,1163,1215]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Ectotympanic ring</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7DD98DA3FB5E" box="[325,500,1163,1215]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">opened</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17DD98E9EFB5E" box="[527,713,1163,1215]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">closed</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7DD98F2AFB5E" box="[737,893,1163,1215]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">closed</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287DD98864FB5E" box="[918,1075,1163,1215]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37DD988B1FB5E" box="[1101,1254,1163,1215]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97DD989C7FB5E" box="[1287,1424,1163,1215]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7D8289C7FAC0" box="[163,1424,1232,1313]" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7D828D79FAC0" box="[163,302,1232,1313]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Postglenoid foramen</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7D828DA3FAC0" box="[325,500,1232,1313]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small and semicircular</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17D828E9EFAC0" box="[527,713,1232,1313]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Large, with anterior margin bilobate</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7D828F2AFAC0" box="[737,893,1232,1313]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">rounded</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287D828864FAC0" box="[918,1075,1232,1313]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large and semicircular</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37D8288B1FAC0" box="[1101,1254,1232,1313]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97D8289C7FAC0" box="[1287,1424,1232,1313]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large and semicircular</td>
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<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7C6089C7FA84" box="[163,1424,1330,1381]" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7C608D79FA84" box="[163,302,1330,1381]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Subsquamosal fenestra</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7C608DA3FA84" box="[325,500,1330,1381]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17C608E9EFA84" box="[527,713,1330,1381]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7C608F2AFA84" box="[737,893,1330,1381]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287C608864FA84" box="[918,1075,1330,1381]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37C6088B1FA84" box="[1101,1254,1330,1381]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">conspicuously large</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97C6089C7FA84" box="[1287,1424,1330,1381]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7C2589C7FA4B" box="[163,1424,1399,1450]" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7C258D79FA4B" box="[163,302,1399,1450]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Hamular process</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7C258DA3FA4B" box="[325,500,1399,1450]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">thick and stout</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17C258E9EFA4B" box="[527,713,1399,1450]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slender</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7C258F2AFA4B" box="[737,893,1399,1450]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">thick</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287C258864FA4B" box="[918,1075,1399,1450]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">stout</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37C2588B1FA4B" box="[1101,1254,1399,1450]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slender</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97C2589C7FA4B" box="[1287,1424,1399,1450]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">slender</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7CE989C7F9C8" box="[163,1424,1467,1577]" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7CE98D79F9C8" box="[163,302,1467,1577]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Posterior margins of incisive foramina</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7CE98DA3F9C8" box="[325,500,1467,1577]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">almost reaching alveolus of M1</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17CE98E9EF9C8" box="[527,713,1467,1577]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Evident gap between them and the alveolus of M1</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7CE98F2AF9C8" box="[737,893,1467,1577]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Evident gap between them and the alveolus of M1</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287CE98864F9C8" box="[918,1075,1467,1577]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Evident gap between them and the alveolus of M1</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37CE988B1F9C8" box="[1101,1254,1467,1577]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">almost reaching alveolus of M1</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97CE989C7F9C8" box="[1287,1424,1467,1577]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">almost reaching alveolus of M1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7F6989C7F98F" box="[163,1424,1595,1646]" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7F698D79F98F" box="[163,302,1595,1646]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Molar rows</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7F698DA3F98F" box="[325,500,1595,1646]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">parallel</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17F698E9EF98F" box="[527,713,1595,1646]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">parallel</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7F698F2AF98F" box="[737,893,1595,1646]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">posteriorly convergent</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287F698864F98F" box="[918,1075,1595,1646]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">parallel</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37F6988B1F98F" box="[1101,1254,1595,1646]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">parallel</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97F6989C7F98F" box="[1287,1424,1595,1646]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">parallel</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7F2D89C7F8C9" box="[163,1424,1663,1832]" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7F2D8D79F8C9" box="[163,302,1663,1832]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">M1 anterocone</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7F2D8DA3F8C9" box="[325,500,1663,1832]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">narrow and rounded, weakly divided by an anteromedian flexus</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17F2D8E9EF8C9" box="[527,713,1663,1832]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">broad, rounded or relatively flat, strongly divided by an anteromedian flexus</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7F2D8F2AF8C9" box="[737,893,1663,1832]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Broad, rounded</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287F2D8864F8C9" box="[918,1075,1663,1832]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">broad, rounded, weakly divided by an anteromedian flexus</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37F2D88B1F8C9" box="[1101,1254,1663,1832]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">narrow and relatively flat, strongly divided by an anteromedian flexus</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97F2D89C7F8C9" box="[1287,1424,1663,1832]" gridcol="6" gridrow="15" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">broad, relatively flat, weakly divided by an anteromedian flexus</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7E6B89C7F88D" box="[163,1424,1849,1900]" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7E6B8D79F88D" box="[163,302,1849,1900]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Condylar process</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7E6B8DA3F88D" box="[325,500,1849,1900]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">broad</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17E6B8E9EF88D" box="[527,713,1849,1900]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">thin</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7E6B8F2AF88D" box="[737,893,1849,1900]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">broad</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287E6B8864F88D" box="[918,1075,1849,1900]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">relatively broad</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37E6B88B1F88D" box="[1101,1254,1849,1900]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">relatively broad</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97E6B89C7F88D" box="[1287,1424,1849,1900]" gridcol="6" gridrow="16" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
</tr>
<tr id="355F34D77D7CEFDEFF1D7E2C89C7F850" box="[163,1424,1918,1969]" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">
<th id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFF1D7E2C8D79F850" box="[163,302,1918,1969]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Mental foramen</th>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFEFB7E2C8DA3F850" box="[325,500,1918,1969]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">large, laterally oriented</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFDB17E2C8E9EF850" box="[527,713,1918,1969]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small, dorsally oriented</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFD5F7E2C8F2AF850" box="[737,893,1918,1969]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Large, dorsally oriented</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFC287E2C8864F850" box="[918,1075,1918,1969]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small, dorsally oriented</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFBF37E2C88B1F850" box="[1101,1254,1918,1969]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">small, dorsally oriented</td>
<td id="768E5DAB7D7CEFDEFAB97E2C89C7F850" box="[1287,1424,1918,1969]" gridcol="6" gridrow="17" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">-</td>
</tr>
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FF1B7E928DDBF836" box="[165,396,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">N. amoenus carceleni</emphasis>
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belongs to the monophyletic large-bodied group of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D7C1036FC067E928871F836" box="[952,1062,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">Neacomys</emphasis>
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. It was included here only because
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D7C1036FF297EB189CBF81A" blockId="23.[151,1436,1982,2043]" box="[151,1436,2019,2043]" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">is one of the two species of the genus present in Colombia (Cis-Andean), so, was considered as important for comparative</paragraph>
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purposes with the new species. Morphological and morphometric information of this species was retrieved from
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.
</paragraph>
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Morphological information of these species was retrieved from
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Sánchez-Vendizú
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FBB479B28817FF16" box="[1034,1088,223,247]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">et al.</emphasis>
(2018)
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.
</paragraph>
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Part of the morphological information of this species also was retrieved from
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Patton
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB957856880DFEFA" box="[1067,1114,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">et al</emphasis>
. (2000)
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.
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<paragraph id="8BD036957D731039FF7978188E3EFD81" blockId="24.[151,1437,330,2012]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">
The lateral profile of the skull allows to discriminate between both species, being flat in
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB7D7819893CFE85" box="[1219,1387,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
and convex in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FEB3783D8DE7FE69" box="[269,432,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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due to its globose braincase; also, unlike
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, the tegmen tympani of the new species is not in contact with the posterior process of the squamosal. In ventral view, the most important differences between both species are probably at the level of the molar rows: these are parallelly oriented in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FAEF78E58CA1FE15" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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, with anteriorly narrowed first molars, whereas in
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they converge posteriorly and bear anteriorly rounded first molars. The mesoflexus of M1 and M2 are very distinctive in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB2B78AD8960FDF9" box="[1173,1335,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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, divided in a short labial cleft and a large internal fossette which are not present in upper molars of
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB497B7189CBFDDD" box="[1271,1436,546,572]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. a. carceleni</emphasis>
nor in any other species within the genus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF797B388C89FD65" bold="true" box="[199,222,618,644]" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">b.</emphasis>
The other species of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FE777B398E6BFD65" box="[457,572,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Neacomys</emphasis>
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distributed in
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is
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FCD67B398FB2FD65" box="[872,997,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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; according to
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Solari
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. (2013)
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, Weksler &amp; Bovicino (2015), and
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Sánchez-Vendizú
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FD177BDD8E8CFD49" box="[681,731,654,680]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">et al</emphasis>
. (2018)
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it has been reported west of the Cordillera Oriental in the departments of
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,
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,
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,
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, Chocó,
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,
<collectingRegion id="49ABF8777D731039FC457BE0881BFD2D" box="[1019,1100,690,716]" country="Colombia" name="Narino" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Nariño</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="49ABF8777D731039FB3A7BE08962FD2D" box="[1156,1333,690,716]" country="Colombia" name="Valle del Cauca" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Valle del Cauca</collectingRegion>
, between 5 and
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. In the context of the present work, the species is also recorded from the departments of Bolívar (
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;
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) and
<collectingRegion id="49ABF8777D731039FE807BA88DF9FCF5" box="[318,430,762,788]" country="Colombia" name="Santander" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Santander</collectingRegion>
(
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) (
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; Appendix I). Although
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FCC17BA98FABFCF5" box="[895,1020,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB8E7BA98886FCF5" box="[1072,1233,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are Trans-Andean species, and have even been reported in localities distanced by no more than 60 Km (linear) (
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), both are clearly differentiable by means of discrete characters, and to a lesser extent by some measurements (
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,
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, and 3). With individuals of both species in hand,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FD7E7A358F35FC61" box="[704,866,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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can be easily recognized by its distinctive gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur, which is markedly different from the completely white ventral coloration of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF297AFD8D42FC29" box="[151,277,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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; some specimens of this last species exhibit a pale orange ventral fur, however, basal hairs are not gray as in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF6D7A818D22FC0D" box="[211,373,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(
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;
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). Also,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FC3B7A818870FC0D" box="[901,1063,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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has broad orange-ochraceous patches on each side of the muzzle (above the mouth) that are absent or slightly pronounced (but narrower) in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF0A7D498D65FBD5" box="[180,306,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). Individual hairs covering the dorsal surface of the hindfeet are also useful to differentiate both species; under magnification, most of these hairs appear completely white in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB247D6D8940FBB9" box="[1178,1303,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF297D318D6DFB9D" box="[151,314,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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they are predominately grayish (
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). In close inspection of the tail, the caudal scales of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF297DD58D41FB41" box="[151,278,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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appear to be larger than in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FDEE7DD58EA5FB41" box="[592,754,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, but this difference is hard to quantify because tails are stretched to varying degrees when skins are stuffed (
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Voss
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FCE87DF98FDEFB25" box="[854,905,1194,1220]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">et al</emphasis>
., 2001
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). Morphometrically, there is substantial overlapping between the two species in most external measurements (
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, and 2;
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), however, the
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of
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apparently has a longer tail than most of the specimens of
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(at least those distributed west of the
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river).
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In side-by-side comparisons of the skulls, several differences can be noted between the two species. In dorsal view, the rostrum of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FE3E7C0D8E76FA99" box="[384,545,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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is clearly shorter, which morphometrically is reflected by lower values of Rostral Length (RL), Length of Nasals (LN), Length of Incisive Foramen (LIF), and Length of Diastema in the
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than in most of the specimens of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FDCE7CF58EB9FA21" box="[624,750,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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(
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,
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; and 3;
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,
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). The anterior borders of the nasals are more expanded in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FD9E7C998E95FA05" box="[544,706,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FCCC7C998FB8FA05" box="[882,1007,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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. At the level of the interorbital region, the difference is given principally by the supraorbital beads, which are more developed and dorsally projected in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF297F418D42F9CD" box="[151,277,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FECF7F418E45F9CD" box="[369,530,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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Nevertheless, this difference should be interpreted with caution because interorbital beads are less developed in young individuals, as is the case of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB257F658969F9B1" box="[1179,1342,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(young adult class II). In lateral view,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FDFC7F098EB3F995" box="[578,740,1627,1652]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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can be quickly recognized by the convex profile conferred by its globose braincase, while in most specimens of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FCFC7F2D8F96F979" box="[834,961,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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the profile is flatter (
<figureCitation id="13542A107D731039FB0B7F2C89D8F979" box="[1205,1423,1662,1688]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1873,1897]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetId="figure-18@19.[170,1417,181,1848]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Comparison of the lateral profiles of the skulls of Trans-Andean species of Neacomys present in Colombia: A) Neacomys sp. nov. (UIS-MHN-M 1068, holotype). B) Neacomys tenuipes (UIS-MHN-M 1723). Note a more convex profile of the braincase, a thicker hamular process of the squamosal, a broader condylar process, a larger and laterally projected mental foramen, and the anterior margin of nasals without a hump in Neacomys sp. nov. con: condylar process; hp: hamular process of the squamosal; mf: mental foramen; nas: nasals." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491142" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491142/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">Figs. 10A and 10B</figureCitation>
). From this view is also possible to note a difference in the dorsal surface of the anterior borders of the nasals; in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FA3D7FF18CA3F901" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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a subtle hump gives them a hooked appearance, whereas a flatter profile is typical in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB6E7F958924F901" box="[1232,1395,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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Posteriorly, at the level of the auditory bullae, there are even more marked differences; the opened ectotympanic ring is distinctive in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FE7C7E5D8E34F8C9" box="[450,611,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, resulting of the anterodorsal edge of the ectotympanic not being in contact with the mastoid tubercle. Contrary, in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FD797E618F12F8AD" box="[711,837,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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both structures are in contact, which lead to a closed ectotympanic ring (
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). In
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FE457E058EC9F891" box="[507,670,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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the tegmen tympani is exposed above the dorsal surface of the ectotympanic, acting as a membrane that partially covers the ventral portions of the subsquamosal and posglenoid foramina; in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FEDC7ECD8DB7F859" box="[354,480,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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, a non-exposed tegmen tympani leads to a larger posglenoid foramen. In this region,
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FF297E918D6DF83D" box="[151,314,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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also exhibits a distinctive thicker hamular process of the squamosal than in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D731039FB497E918921F83D" box="[1271,1398,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="475">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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, as well as a larger orbicular apophysis of the malleus. With respect to the paraoccipital process, this element is slightly bifurcated in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FE9279E98D99FF35" box="[300,462,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, but not in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FD1B79E98F75FF35" box="[677,802,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD036957D721038FF79798D897CFCD8" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1041]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
In the ventral view of the skull, the first apparent difference between both species involves the incisive foramina, which extend posteriorly almost, but not quite, to the anterior alveolus of M
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FB867851888EFEFD" box="[1080,1241,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FF0A78758D65FEA1" box="[180,306,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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its posterior margins end before (
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). Also, on the maxillary of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FAEE78758CA1FE85" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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, adjacent to the posterior margins of the incisive foramina, there are small perforations that are not evident in specimens of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FE1B783D8E75FE69" box="[421,546,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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. Dental morphology is another quick way to differentiate between both species; in the maxillary molars of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FE6F78C18E22FE4D" box="[465,629,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, for example, the principal labial cusps (paracone, metacone) are smaller than their lingual counterparts (protocone, hypocone), but in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FC6478E5880EFE31" box="[986,1113,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
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the labial and lingual cusps are subequal (resulting in a more or less symmetrical occlusal design) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FB9B78898890FE15" box="[1061,1223,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
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also has a characteristic M1 with laterally flattened procinculum, contrary to
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FCC178AD8853FDF9" box="[895,1028,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FCC178AD8857FDF9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" box="[895,1024,511,536]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenuipes">N. tenuipes</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
in which this tooth is approximately rectangular in outline due to a broad anterocone (not flattened procingulum). The folds of the first upper molars are particularly deep, broad, and bifurcated at their ends in
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FCAC7B158FE1FD81" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[786,950,583,608]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FCAC7B158FE1FD81" box="[786,950,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, but not in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FB2B7B158942FD81" box="[1173,1301,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the first species the mesoflexus is divided into a short labial cleft and a large internal fossette that forms a very prominent landmark in the center of the tooth, whereas in the second this element is also divided but the internal fossette is considerably smaller. Finally, in the mandible, there are two useful characters that allow to discriminate between both species: the first is the condylar process, which is notably wide and short in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FBA37B8588E9FD11" box="[1053,1214,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, while in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FA3D7B858CA3FCF5" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is slightly longer and slender. The second character is the mental foramen, typically larger in
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FB427BA989CBFCF5" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[1276,1436,763,788]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FB427BA989CBFCF5" box="[1276,1436,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D721038FF297A4D8CA7FCD8" box="[151,240,799,825]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and projected laterally, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FD3F7A4D8EA8FCD9" box="[641,767,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. tenuipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is much smaller and is almost dorsally projected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C375651E7D721038FF797A118868FBF0" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD036957D721038FF797A118868FBF0" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1041]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
The enormous gap between the collecting localities of
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<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FCFA7A118FBEFCBD" box="[836,1001,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D721038FC4D7A11881AFCBC" box="[1011,1101,835,861]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and the known geographical ranges of the other small-bodied species within the genus (implying many physical and environmental barriers), makes impossible to collect them in the same place. Anyway,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FCF37AD98FB8FC45" authority="Colmenares-Pinzón, 2021" authorityName="Colmenares-Pinzón" authorityYear="2021" box="[845,1007,907,932]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serranensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FCF37AD98FB8FC45" box="[845,1007,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. serranensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22857FC7D721038FC487AD9881AFC44" box="[1014,1101,907,933]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is easily distinguishable from
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FF297AFD8FA4FC29" box="[151,1011,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FF297AFD8D5BFC28" box="[151,268,943,969]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubosti">N. dubosti</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FEA87AFD8DC4FC29" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1905" box="[278,403,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guianae">N. guianae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FE237AFD8E1EFC28" box="[413,585,943,969]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macedoruizi">N. macedoruizi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FDED7AFD8EB9FC29" authorityName="Semedo, Da Silva, Gutierrez, Ferreira, Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias &amp; Rossi" authorityYear="2020" box="[595,750,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marajoara">N. marajoara</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FD467AFD8F25FC29" box="[760,882,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutus">N. minutus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FCC37AFD8FA4FC29" box="[893,1011,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musseri">N. musseri</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FBBE7AFD88BFFC29" box="[1024,1256,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FBBE7AFD88D7FC29" box="[1024,1152,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paracou">N. paracou</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FB347AFD88B3FC29" authorityName="Semedo, Da Silva, Gutierrez, Ferreira, Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias &amp; Rossi" authorityYear="2020" box="[1162,1252,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vossi">N. vossi</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D167D721038FAA37AFD892DFC29" authorityName="Semedo, Da Silva, Gutierrez, Ferreira, Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias &amp; Rossi" authorityYear="2020" box="[1309,1402,943,968]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xingu">
<emphasis id="B91BEA877D721038FAA37AFD892DFC29" box="[1309,1402,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">N. xingu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its unique gray-based ochraceous-buff ventral fur, its broad ochraceous-orange patches in the muzzle, and for being larger in practically all external and craniodental dimensions (
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,
<tableCitation id="C6ED032E7D721038FC077AA58F9FFBF0" box="[953,968,1015,1041]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="23.[151,239,152,176]" captionText="TABLE 3. Morphological comparisons among small-bodied species of Neacomys, Part I" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">3</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="C6ED032E7D721038FC6B7AA58FB2FBF0" box="[981,997,1015,1041]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="25.[151,239,1088,1112]" captionText="TABLE 4. Morphological comparisons among small-bodied species of Neacomys, Part II" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">4</tableCitation>
, and 5).
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