Title
First record of proechimys pattoni da silva, 1998 (Rodentia, echimyidae) in northwestern Bolivia
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Proechimys pattoni da Silva, 1998 is one of the 3 small-bodied species of Proechimys and its geographic range is only known in western Brazil and eastern and southern Peru. However, based on morphological and molecular analyses, we report P. pattoni from the lowland forest of Bolivia (Pando: Rio Madre de Dios, near San Rosa). This is the first report of P. pattoni in Bolivia and extends its distributional range 315 km to the southeast in the Amazon biogeographic region of Bolivia, representing the southeastern most record. Furthermore, we document the karyotype (2n = 40 / FN = 56) and morphological variation in diagnostic characters.
Start page
1115
End page
1121
Volume
14
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otros temas de Biología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85063741596
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Source funding
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica
Sponsor(s)
We extend our gratitude to Cienciactiva and Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Ciéntifico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica (FONDECyT) for the partial financing of this work as a part of the program, Movilizaciones Nacionales e Internacionales en Ciencia tecnología e innovación tecnológica 2016-4 (Contract No. 046-2017-FONDECYT). We thank M. Campbell and J. Dunnum of the Museum of Southwestern Biology for sharing relevant information to complete this work and Daniela Arenas-Viveros for her expert help in the laboratory. We want to warmly acknowledge the selfless sharing of Proechimys sequences by Drs Víctor Pacheco (MUSM, Peru) and James L. Patton (MVZ, Berkeley). We also thank Guilherme Garbino and the anonymous reviewers who helped improve the manuscript.
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