Neacomys carceleni

Hershkovitz, 1940

Carcelén’s Bristly Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Neacomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

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

Other common names

Alberto Carcelén’s Spiny Mouse

Type material

UMMZ 80171

Type kind

holotype

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.”

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from N. amoenus

Taxonomy notes 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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006557

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Neacomys spinosus carceleni

Hershkovitz, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carceleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 80171

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neacomys amoenus carceleni

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carceleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

439

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neacomys carceleni

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carceleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006557

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Neacomys spinosus carcelini

Bonvicino, 2015

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carcelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

367

Authority publication

Chicago

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