Rhagomys longilingua Luna and Patterson 2003

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 : 1166

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325660
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scientific name	Rhagomys longilingua Luna and Patterson 2003
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Rhagomys longilingua Luna and Patterson 2003 View in CoL

Rhagomys longilingua Luna and Patterson 2003 View in CoL , Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 101: 3.

Type Locality: Perú, Cusco Dept., Paucartambo Prov., Manu Biosphere Reserve, along Río Cosñipata, below " Suecia," 1900 m; 13º06.032′S, 71º34.125′W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Long-tongued Rhagomys.

Distribution: Dense forest of E Andean slopes, 450-2100 m, SE Perú (Cusco and Madre de Dios Depts.).

Discussion: Similar to R. rufescens in unique possession (among Sigmodontinae ) of a hallux with nail and in most verifiable cranial traits, but fur of R. longilingua spiny and interorbit strongly beaded; so far known by only three specimens ( Luna and Patterson, 2003).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae
Genus	Rhagomys