Scolomys ucayalensis
| Scolomys ucayalensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Scolomys |
| Species: | S. ucayalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolomys ucayalensis Pacheco, 1991 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scolomys juruaense Patton and da Silva, 1995 | |
Scolomys ucayalensis, also known as the long-nosed scolomys[2] or Ucayali spiny mouse[1] is a nocturnal rodent species from South America. It is part of the genus Scolomys within the tribe Oryzomyini. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, at elevations from 200 to 800 metres (660 to 2,620 ft) in the Amazon Rainforest.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Anderson, R.P., Gómez-Laverde, M. & Tirira, D. (2008). "Scolomys ucayalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- Infonatura
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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