Kotosh prairie mouse
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The Kotosh grassland mouse ( Akodon kotosh ) is a little researched rodent species from the genus of the South American field mice ( Akodon ). It was discovered in 2002 and scientifically described in 2016 . The type epithet refers to the pre-Columbian archaeological site Kotosh , which is located 30 km southwest of the Terra typica .
features
The head-trunk length is 98.5 to 122 mm, the tail length 71.5 to 100 mm, the ear length 14 to 19 mm and the hind foot length 20 to 25.5 mm. No specific data are available on weight. The fur is one color, dark olive-brown. There is no contrast between the back and peritoneum. The peritoneum hairs have a dark base. The tail is one color.
Occurrence, habitat and way of life
The Kotosh prairie mouse is endemic to the Huánuco region in Peru and is known from two localities there, from Caserío San Pedro de Carpish and from the Huanacaure forest in the Cordillera de Carpis. It lives in cloud forests above 2400 m. Nothing is known about their way of life.
status
The Kotosh prairie mouse is not currently on the IUCN Red List. However, since the Peruvian cloud forests show a high degree of species loss, the establishment of more protected areas in the region is considered necessary.
literature
- Carlos F. Jiménez, Víctor Pacheco: Una nueva especie de ratón campestre, género Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), de las Yungas centrales del Perú. A new species of grass mouse, genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), from the central Peruvian Yungas Therya, Vol. 7 (3), Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, 2016, pp. 449–464 doi : 10.12933 / therya- 16-336
- Ulyses Pardiñas, Dennisse Ruelas, Jorge Brito, Lisa Bradley, Robert Bradley, Nicté Ordóñez Garza, Boris Kryštufek , Joseph Cook, Erika Cuéllar Soto, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Gregory Shenbrot, Elisandra Chiquito, Alexandre Percequillo, Joyce Prado, Rudolf Haslauer Patton, Livia León-Paniagua: Family Cricetidae (True Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings and New World Rats and Mice) In: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 7: Rodents II, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2017, ISBN 978-84-16728-04-6 , p. 475