Authority citation: Hershkovitz, P. 1940. A new spiny mouse of the genus Neacomys from eastern Ecuador. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 419:1-4.
Authority publication link: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56858/1/OP419.pdf
Original name as described: Neacomys spinosus carceleni
Nominal names: carceleni Hershkovitz, 1940 | carcelini Bonvicino, 2015 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Alberto Carcelén’s Spiny Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Oryzomyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: UMMZ 80171
Type locality: “Llunchi, an island on the northern side of the RioNapo, west of the mouth of the Rio Jivino, latitudeand longitude approximately 0°37’ S., 76°46’ W.; parish of La Coca, Napo-Pastaza Province, Ecuador; altitude about 250 meters.”
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from N. amoenus
Citation: Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Burneo, S., Koch, C., Arguero, A., Vargas, R., & Pinto, C. M. (2021). A new species of spiny mouse, genus Neacomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. In U. F. J. Pardiñas & C. Galliari (eds.). Seccion Especial El Último Naturalista Tipólogo: Contribuciones en Honor a Elio Massoia (1936-2001). Mastozoologia Neotropical, XX, 1-22.
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