Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1584

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Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000
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Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000

Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 244: 194 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Colocação Vira-Volta, left bank Rio Juruá on Igarape Arabidi, affluent of Paraná Breu.

Vernacular Names: Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat.

Distribution: Central Amazon of Brazil.

Discussion: Although similar to and sympatric with hispidus the two can be differentiated by morphology, karyotype and cytochrome b sequences ( Patton et al., 2000). It is not clear at this time whether ecaudatus should be included in hispidus or is a senior synonym of occultus . Karyotype has 2n=42 and FN=54.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Echimyidae

Genus

Mesomys

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Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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