Neacomys tenuipes

Neacomys tenuipes
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Neacomys
Species: N. tenuipes
Binomial name
Neacomys tenuipes
Thomas, 1900

Neacomys tenuipes, also known as the narrow-footed neacomys[2] or narrow-footed bristly mouse,[1] is found along the northern Andes from northwestern Venezuela through Colombia into Ecuador, in rainforest at elevations from 400 to 1750 m.[1] Populations of small Neacomys in lowland Amazonia, previously assigned to this species, are now recognized as belonging to separate species.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ochoa et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

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