Neotomys ebriosus Thomas 1894

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1133

Neotomys ebriosus Thomas 1894

Neotomys ebriosus Thomas 1894 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 348.

Type Locality: Perú, Junín Dept., Vítoc Valley.

Vernacular Names: Red-nosed Neotomys.

Synonyms: Neotomys vulturnus Thomas 1921 .

Distribution: Altiplano grasslands and shrubby steppe, mostly 2500-4500 m, from C Perú (Junín), south through northernmost Chile and W Bolivia, to NW Argentina (see Anderson, 1997; Bárquez, 1983; Pardiñas and Ortiz, 2001; Sanborn, 1947 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Sanborn (1947 a), who reduced vulturnus to a subspecies of N. ebriosus , as recognized by Anderson (1997) for Bolivian populations. Distribution augmented by Pearson (1951), Pine et al. (1979), and Pardiñas and Ortiz (2001). First fossil occurrences documented from the late Pleistocene-Holocene of NW Argentina by Pardiñas and Ortiz (2001), who discussed the paleoecological significance of the lower altitudes recorded.