Neomicroxus bogotensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: Neomicroxus
Species: Neomicroxus bogotensis

Name

• Neomicroxus bogotensis (Thomas, 1895)

Holotype: BMNH 1895.10.14.2, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Plains of Bogota,” Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Combinations

• Acodon bogotensis Thomas, 1895: 369 [original combination]
• Akodon bogotensis: Trouessart, 1897: 537 [name combination]
• Microxus bogotensis: Thomas, 1909: 237 [name combination]
• Neomicroxus bogotensis: Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013: 1008 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1895. Descriptions of four small mammals from South America, including one belonging to the peculiar marsupial genus ‘‘Hyracodon’’ Tomes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 6 16: 367–370. DOI: 10.1080/00222939508680289 BHL Reference page. 
• Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Berolini: R. Friedländer & Sohn, 1:vi + 664p. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1909. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8, 4(21): 230–242. DOI: 10.1080/00222930908692666 BHL Reference page. 
• Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995–1015. DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-276.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2015. Genus Neomicroxus Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013. Pp. 96-99 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Neomicroxus bogotensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Neomicroxus bogotensis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Bogotá Grass Mouse, Bogotá Akodont