Incanomys mayopuma
Zeballos, A. Pari, Medina, & Pino in Zeballos, A. Pari, Medina, Pino, Arias, Arce, & F. N. Gonzales, 2025
Incan Water Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Ichthyomyini |
| Genus | : Incanomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Zeballos, H., Pari, A., Medina, C.E., Pino, K., Arias, S., Arce, A.L. and Gonzales, F.N. 2025-06-09. Description of a new genus and species of semi-aquatic rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the southern Peruvian Andes. Diversity 17(406):1-24.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060406Original name as described
Incanomys mayopuma
Type material
MUSA 13864
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Peru, Department of Cusco, Province of Urubamba, Wiñaywayna, located 4 km southwest of the Aguas Calientes town (also known as Machupicchu Pueblo). The geographical coordinates are approximately 13°11'09" S and 72°32'34.5" W, at an elevation of 2825 m. The locality is within the Santuario Histórico de Machupicchu on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes (Figure 1)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
recently described genus and species
Taxonomy notes citation
Zeballos, H., Pari, A., Medina, C.E., Pino, K., Arias, S., Arce, A.L. and Gonzales, F.N. 2025-06-09. Description of a new genus and species of semi-aquatic rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the southern Peruvian Andes. Diversity 17(406):1-24.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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