Neacomys carceleni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Neacomys
Species: Neacomys carceleni

Name

Neacomys carceleni Hershkovitz, 1940

• Holotype: UMMZ 80171, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Philip Hershkovitz on 5 October 1936.
• Type locality: “Llunchi, an island on the northern side of the Rio Napo, west of the mouth of the Rio Jivino, latitudeand longitude approximately 0°37’ S., 76°46’ W.; parish of La Coca, Napo-Pastaza Province, Ecuador; altitude about 250 meters”.

Combinations

• Neacomys spinosus carceleni Hershkovitz, 1940: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Neacomys carceleni: Brito et al., 2021: 18 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1940. A new spiny mouse of the genus Neacomys from eastern Ecuador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 419: 1–4. hdl: 2027.42/56858 Reference page. 
• Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Burneo, S., Koch, C., Arguero, A., Vargas, R. & Pinto, C.M. 2021. A new species of spiny mouse, genus Neacomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Mastozoología Neotropical 28(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.31687/saremMN.21.28.1.0.23 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Carcelén’s Bristly Mouse