Title
First record of the andean-mountain cavy microcavia niata (Caviidae, rodentia) from Peru
Other title
Primer registro del cuy del altiplano microcavia niata (Caviidae, rodentia) para Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Concepcion
Abstract
We report for the first time the presence of the Andean-Mountain Cavy, Microcavia niata, in Peru, being a new genus and species for Peruvian wildlife. We base our report on two specimens found in the highlands of Tacna, southwestern Peru.
Start page
85
End page
89
Volume
82
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Crías y mascotas
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85064846792
Source
Gayana
ISSN of the container
0717652X
Sponsor(s)
Our deepest thanks to Giovanni Aragon by providing the specimen of their collection and Hugo Zamora by the botanical data. To Eduardo Palma for allowing the review of the specimens of “Patricio Sanchez Museum” in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. We are especially grateful to Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano for their critical comments and suggestions on the manuscript. This study was partially supported by The Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Found (Number grant: 11252582). Also thanks to the Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego by permissions to collect specimens (R.D. 263 MINAGRI- DGFFS/DGEFFS). K. Pino appreciates the support of EDPG LPR-161 project of Dirección de Investigación of Universidad de Concepción.
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