Mindomys kutuku

Mindomys kutuku

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: Mindomys
Species: Mindomys kutuku

Name

Mindomys kutuku Brito, Koch, Tinoco & Pardiñas, 2022: 40

• Holotype: MECN 5809 (field number JBM 1849), adult ♂, skull, partial postcranial skeleton, and skin, collected by Jorge Brito, Jenny Curay and Rubí García on 11 September 2017.
• Type locality: “Cordillera de Kutukú (-2.78444°S, -78.140000°W, [coordinates taken by GPS at the trapsite], elevation 1,925 m), Parroquia Patuca, Cantón Méndez, Provincia Morona Santiago, República del Ecuador”.

References

Primary references

• Brito, J., Koch, C., Tinoco, N. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2022. A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents. Evolutionary Systematics 6(1): 35–55. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.76879 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kutukú Rat
español: Rata de Kutukú