Neomicroxus latebricola

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
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: Neomicroxus
Species: Neomicroxus latebricola

Name

• Neomicroxus latebricola (Anthony, 1924)

Holotype: AMNH 67506, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Hacienda San Francisco, east of Ambato, on Rio Cusutagua, elevation about 8000 feet [2,438 m], [Tungurahua Prov.,] Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Microxus latebricola Anthony, 1924: 3 [original combination]
• Akodon latebricola: Musser & Carleton, 1993: 690 [name combination]
• Neomicroxus latebricola: Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013: 1008 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Anthony, H.E. 1924. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139: 1–9. hdl: 2246/4328 Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501-755. In Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (Eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. xviii + 1,206 pp.
• Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995–1015. DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-276.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2015. Genus Neomicroxus Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013. Pp. 96-99 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Neomicroxus latebricola in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Neomicroxus latebricola  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Ecuadorean Grass Mouse, Ecuadorean Akodont