Authority citation: Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Pinto, C.M., García, R., Koch, C., Fernandez, V., Burneo, S. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2022-04-19. Unlocking Andean sigmodontine diversity: five new species of Chilomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the montane forests of Ecuador. PeerJ 10:e13211.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13211
Original name as described: Chilomys weksleri
Nominal names: weksleri J. Brito, R. García, C. M. Pinto, & Pardiñas in J. Brito, Tinoco, C. M. Pinto, R. García, C. Koch, Fernandez, S. Burneo, & Pardiñas, 2022
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Thomasomyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MECN 6365
Type locality: "Ecuador, Provincia de Cotopaxi, Cantón Sigchos, Parroquia San Francisco de Las Pampas, Reserva Integral Otonga (−0.685367°, −78.995089°,... elevation 1,654 m)."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ecuador (ECU)
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: recently described
Citation: Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Pinto, C. M., García, R., Koch, C., Fernandez, V., ... & Pardiñas, U. F. (2022). Unlocking Andean sigmodontine diversity: five new species of Chilomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the montane forests of Ecuador. PeerJ, 10, e13211.
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