''Zygodontomys brevicauda'', also known as the short-tailed zygodont, short-tailed cane mouse, or common cane mouse, is a species of rodent in the genus ''

Zygodontomys ''Zygodontomys'' is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae. Its closest relative may be '' Scolomys''. It ranges from Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas ...

'' of tribe Oryzomyini.

Distribution

It occurs from

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

via Panama,

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 Car ...

and Venezuela into

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, French Guiana and northern Brazil, including Trinidad and Tobago in the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

subspecies

It includes three

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

: *''Zygodontomys brevicauda brevicauda'' *''Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei'' *''Zygodontomys brevicauda microtinus''.

Diseases

Many ''Zygodontomys brevicauda'' serve as viral reservoirs, causing illnesses such as Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.Salas, R., and De Manzione, N.. "Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever." Lancet. 8774.338 (1991): 1033-1037. Print.

References

Literature cited

*Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. *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. Zygodontomys Mammals of Colombia Rodents of Central America Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago Mammals of the Caribbean Mammals described in 1893 Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen Taxa named by Frank Chapman (ornithologist) {{Sigmodontinae-stub