Colombian wood mouse
| Colombian wood mouse | ||||||||||||
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| Chilomys | ||||||||||||
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| Chilomys instans | ||||||||||||
| ( Thomas , 1895) |
The Colombian wood mouse ( Chilomys instans ) is in South America living rodent species from the group of New world .
These animals reach a head body length of 8 to 9 centimeters and a tail length of 11 to 13 centimeters. Their soft fur is predominantly gray in color, the black face and a white spot or stripe on the throat are striking.
Colombian wood mice are distributed from central Ecuador over large parts of Colombia to western Venezuela . Their habitat are moist forests. They are likely to be ground-dwelling, several specimens were found in rotting tree trunks lying on the ground or in the area of the tree roots. Otherwise little is known about their way of life.
According to the IUCN , the Colombian wood mouse is not endangered, but this information is out of date.
Systematically it is likely to be closely related to the Paramo mice ( Thomasomys ).
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
- Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
Web links
- Chilomys instans in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2006 Posted by: J. Baillie, 1996. Retrieved on August 2 of 2008.