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Tomes's Rice Rat
''Nephelomys albigularis'', also known as the white-throated oryzomys or Tomes's rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus ''Nephelomys'' of family Cricetidae. Described in 1860, it was the first ''Nephelomys'' species to be discovered. It was originally described in the defunct genus ''Hesperomys'' as ''Hesperomys albigularis'' and considered related to the much smaller ''H. longicaudatus'' (currently ''Oligoryzomys longicaudatus''). By 1894, it was placed in ''Oryzomys'', as ''Oryzomys albigularis'', and associated with what is now ''Nephelomys meridensis''. In the early 1960s, the scope of the species was considerably expanded to include most of the species that are now in ''Nephelomys'', as well as a single name, ''boliviae'', that is currently a synonym of ''Euryoryzomys nitidus''. From 1976 on, several of these were reinstated as separate species.Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1145 In 2006, a phylogenetic analysis by Marcelo Weksler of the oryzomyine tribe, in which both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fisher Tomes
Robert Fisher Tomes (4 August 1823 – 10 July 1904) was an English farmer and zoologist. Biography Tomes was born in Weston-on-Avon and farmed at Welford, Gloucestershire. He was a specialist in bats, describing a number of new species. His writings included the sections on insectivora and Chiroptera in the second edition of Thomas Bell's ''History of Quadrupeds''. His interest in ornithology waned, and he resigned from the British Ornithologists Union in 1866. His contributions to the two Victoria County Histories were his only significant ornithological works.The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland, 1875-1900, Simon Holloway, T & A D Poyser, 1996 Tomes is buried at South Littleton, Worcestershire. His collection of mammals was sold to the Natural History Museum, and his bird collection was bequeathed to the museum in Worcester. Selected bibliography *''Occurrence of the Fork-tailed Petrel in Warwickshire'' Zoologist, 8:2706-2707 (1850) *''On two spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handleyomys
''Handleyomys'' is a genus of Central and South American rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It was first described in 2002 to include two species from the Colombian Andes which were previously included in distinct and unrelated genera, ''Aepeomys'' and ''Oryzomys'', but which turned out to be closely related. Later, in 2006, six other species were provisionally added from ''Oryzomys''; these are expected to be placed in new genera in the future. The genus now includes the following species: *'' Handleyomys alfaroi'' *'' Handleyomys chapmani'' *'' Handleyomys fuscatus'' *'' Handleyomys intectus'' *''Handleyomys melanotis ''Handleyomys melanotis'', also known as the black-eared oryzomysMusser and Carleton, 2005 or black-eared rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus ''Handleyomys'' of family Cricetidae. It is found in coastal lowland forest in western Mexico ...'' *'' Handleyomys rhabdops'' *'' Handleyomys rostratus'' *'' Handleyomys saturatior'' Liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Ekuatur Nunka''), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's capital and largest city is Quito. The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S latitude), and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, El Alto and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes. The Andes Mountains are the highest m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
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Nephelomys Pirrensis
''Nephelomys pirrensis'', also known as the Mount Pirre rice rat,Goldman, 1920, p. 100 is a species of rodent in the genus ''Nephelomys'' of family Cricetidae. Its type locality is at Mount Pirri or Pirre in eastern Panama, at an altitude of ,Goldman, 1913, p. 5 and it has also been recorded on Mount Tacarcuna. ''N. pirrensis'' is a relatively large species. The color of the upperparts is brown and becomes lighter towards the sides. The throat is gray and the other parts of the underparts are buffy. The nose, ears, and forefeet are blackish and the thinly haired hindfeet are dark brown. The tail is dark brown above and a little paler below.Goldman, 1913, p. 6 Juveniles have darker fur. It is similar in size to '' N. devius'', which occurs further west in Costa Rica, but is somewhat darker and has smaller auditory bullae. In six specimens, the total length ranges from , the length of the tail vertebrae from , and the hindfoot length from . It lives in holes under rocks and logs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephelomys Pectoralis
''Nephelomys pectoralis'' is a species of rodent in the genus ''Nephelomys'' of family Cricetidae. Its type locality is west of the city of Popayán, Cauca Department, Colombia, at an altitude of .Allen, 1912, p. 83 American zoologist Joel Asaph Allen first described it in 1912 on the basis of 112 specimens from several locations in the Cordillera Occidental.Allen, 1912, p. 84 He classified it as a species of ''Oryzomys'', ''Oryzomys pectoralis'', but later subsumed into the species '' Oryzomys albigularis''. When that species was transferred to the new genus ''Nephelomys ''Nephelomys'' is a genus of South American oryzomyine rodents found in the Andes from Bolivia to Venezuela, with a westward extension into the mountains of Costa Rica. Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ''nephelê'' "mist", ...'' in 2006, ''N. pectoralis'' was recognized as a separate species.Weksler et al., 2006, p. 18 ''N. pectoralis'' is larger than various other ''Nephelomys'' sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephelomys Moerex
''Nephelomys moerex'' is a species of rodent in the genus ''Nephelomys'' of family Cricetidae.Weksler et al., 2006, p. 18 The type locality is at Mindo in western Ecuador, where it has been recorded together with three other rodents of the oryzomyine group, '' Sigmodontomys aphrastus'', ''Mindomys hammondi'', and ''Handleyomys alfaroi'', as well as three opossums, ''Chironectes minimus'' and unidentified species of ''Didelphis'' and ''Marmosa''. Mindo is a "tiny agricultural community" located at 0°02'S, 78°48'W and above sea level. It was originally described by Oldfield Thomas as a subspecies of '' Oryzomys albigularis''. It remained synonymized under this species until it was recognized as a separate species when the genus ''Nephelomys'' was established for ''Oryzomys albigularis'' and related species in 2006. Unlike in the type species of the genus, ''N. albigularis'', the lacrimal bone of the skull is connected primarily to the maxillary bone, not equally to the maxillar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephelomys Maculiventer
''Nephelomys maculiventer'' is a species of rodent in the genus ''Nephelomys'' of family Cricetidae. The type locality is in Colombia, at "Sierra El Libano, alt. 6000 ft, Santa Marta District". It was originally described on the basis of 47 specimens, including 34 from Sierra El Libano and 13 from "Valparaiso". ''N. maculiventer'' has long and soft fur that is rufous in color on the upperparts and becomes lighter towards the sides. This coloration changes abruptly into that of the underparts, which are pure white in some adults. Juveniles are darker in color, with the underparts dark gray. As the animal matures, the gray fur of the underparts is gradually replaced by white fur. The ears are brown and nearly unhaired. The hindfeet are gray. The tail is brown above and lighter below. In 29 individuals of both sexes, the total length varies from , the tail length from , and the hindfoot length (including claws) from . On average, males are slightly larger than females. Joel Asaph Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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