Nephelomys devius

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Species of rodent

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::summary Species of rodent ::

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[Nephelomys] devius Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Nephelomys_devius_skull_Bangs.png" caption="Skull of the [[holotype]], a young adult female from Boquete, Panama.<ref name="Bangs, 1902, p. 34">Bangs, 1902, p. 34" alt="Skull, seen from above at left and from below at right."] ::

Nephelomys devius, also known as the Talamancan oryzomys, Boquete rice rat, Chiriqui rice rat, or montane rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Nephelomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in cloud forest in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.

The upperparts are light brown and become lighter towards the sides. The underparts are buffy or dull white, with a whitish area at the throat. The ears are blackish, as is the nose, and the feet are yellow to brown.

N. devius is the westernmost representative of its genus, with a related species, N. pirrensis, known from eastern Panama. In contrast to that species, the chest region is marked by a white patch, as in various other Nephelomys species. The skull is more rounded, the auditory bullae are larger, and the fur is somewhat paler.

It was originally described, in 1902, as a species of Oryzomys, Oryzomys devius, and considered to be related to O. meridensis. In 1966, it was subsumed into Oryzomys albigularis, as were all other species of this group, but subsequently it was reinstated as a species. In 2006, members of the O. albigularis group were transferred into a new genus, Nephelomys; since then, the species has been known as Nephelomys devius.

References

Literature cited

  • Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:15–52.
  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp.
  • Goldman, E.A. 1918. The rice rats of North America. North American Fauna 43:1–100.
  • Goldman, E.A. 1920. The mammals of Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 69(5):1–309.
  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp.
  • Reid, F. and Samudio, R. 2008. . In IUCN. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved on 24 April 2009.
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Weksler | first1 = M. | last2 = Percequillo | first2 = A. R. | last3 = Voss | first3 = R. S. | title = Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) | journal = American Museum Novitates | issue = 3537 | pages = 1–29 | publisher = American Museum of Natural History | date = 19 October 2006 | hdl = 2246/5815 | doi= 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2| s2cid = 84088556 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/169106

References

  1. Samudio, R.. (2016). "''Nephelomys devius''".
  2. Bangs, 1902, p. 34
  3. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  4. Reid and Samudio, 2008; Goldman, 1920, p. 99
  5. Goldman, 1918, p. 80
  6. Duff and Lawson, 2004
  7. Weksler et al., 2006, p. 18
  8. The tail is dark brown above and somewhat lighter below. In juveniles, the fur of the upperparts is darker. In three specimens, the total length ranges from {{convert. 335. to. 360. mm. in. 2, the combined length of the tail [[vertebra]]e from {{convert. 180. to. 195. mm. in. 2, the hindfoot length from {{convert. 33. to. 36. mm. in. 2, and the skull length from {{convert. 35.8. to. 37.5. mm. in. 3.Goldman, 1918, p. 81
  9. Goldman, 1920, p. 99

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