''Neacomys tenuipes'', also known as the narrow-footed neacomys
[Musser and Carleton, 2005] or narrow-footed bristly mouse,
[ is found along the northern Andes from northwestern Venezuela through ]Colombia
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into Ecuador, in rainforest
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at elevations from 400 to 1750 m.[ Populations of small ''Neacomys'' in the lowland ]Amazon basin
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, previously assigned to this species, are now recognized as belonging to separate species.
References
*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.
*Ochoa, J., Rivas, B., Gómez-Laverde, M., Woodman, N. and Timm, R. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.
www.iucnredlist.org
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Neacomys
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals described in 1900
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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