Megadontomys cryophilus
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Taxonavigation: Muroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Megadontomys
Species: Megadontomys cryophilus
Name edit
Megadontomys cryophilus (Musser, 1964)
- Holotype: UMMZ 112872, adult ♂, skin, skeleton and glans penis, collected by Guy G. Musser on 8 August 1963.
- Type locality: “México, Oaxaca, Distrito de Ixtlán, Sierra de Juárez, 13 mi. (on Tuxtepec-Oaxaca de Jurirez road) NE Llano de lau Flores on upper slopes of Cerlo Pelon, 9200 feet [=2804 m] elevation”.
Combinations edit
- Peromyscus (Megadontomys) thomasi cryophilus Musser, 1964: 13 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Megadontomys cryophilus: Carleton, 1989: 37, 104 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Native distribution areas edit
- Mexico: Oaxaca.
References edit
Primary references edit
- Musser, G.G. 1964. Notes on geographic distribution, habitat, and taxonomy of some Mexican mammals. Occasional Papers Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 636: 1–22. hdl: 2027.42/57072 Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. 1989. Systematics and Evolution. in Kirkland, D.L. & Layne, J. (eds.). Advances in the Study of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Texas Tech University Press: Lubbock. 367 pp. Reference page.
Links edit
- Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. 2018. IUCN: Megadontomys cryophilus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T12940A22353517. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12940A22353517.en. Accessed on 14 October 2023.