In:
Vertebrate Zoology, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 72 ( 2022-05-25), p. 219-233
Abstract:
We name and describe a new species of Andean mouse from the eastern slope of the Andes of central Ecuador (Sangay National Park). This rodent is large-bodied (head-body length 167–184 mm) inhabiting the wet montane forest between 3,400–3,900 m in elevation. A molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial genes resolved the new species as a member of the “aureus” group, closely related to an undescribed species from north Ecuador. This finding increases the diversity of Thomasomys to 48 species, of which 18 species inhabit Ecuador. In addition, the species described herein is the largest species of the genus described in Ecuador.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2625-8498
,
1864-5755
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure1
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure10
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure11
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure12
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure13
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure2
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure3
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure4
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure5
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure6
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure7
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure8
DOI:
10.3897/vz.72.e78219.figure9
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2392087-7
SSG:
12
Permalink