Title
Range extension of thomasomys princeps (Thomas, 1895) (rodentia, sigmodontinae) and first record in venezuela
Date Issued
2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Thomasomys princeps (Thomas, 1895) is a large, sigmodontine rat and a member of the “aureus” group of the highly diverse genus Thomasomys. This species is only known from the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia; however, based on a recent examination of specimens of Thomasomys from Venezuela, I report the first record of T. princeps from Venezu-ela, in the Páramo del Tamá near the Colombian border. This record extends the distributional range of the species by 360 km northeast, representing the northernmost record of the species and of the “aureus” group.
Start page
385
End page
393
Volume
17
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85102707604
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
I want to thank Jorge Carrera for preparing the map and Mercedes Molina for helping with the images. Also, I thank Dennisse Ruelas and Silvia Diaz for helping with the table and commenting on the manuscript. Catherine Sahley also provided valuable comments on the manuscript and improved the English. Besides, Darrin Lunde provided me access to specimens of Thomaso-mys deposited at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM). This work was partially supported by the Grupo de Estudio Diversidad de mamíferos y sus parási-tos (DIMAPA) del Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado UNMSM.
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