Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: Neomicroxus
Species: Neomicroxus latebricola
Name
Neomicroxus latebricola (Anthony, 1924)
Holotype: AMNH 67506, adult ♂, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Hacienda San Francisco, east of Ambato, on Rio Cusutagua, elevation about 8000 feet [2,438 m], [Tungurahua Prov.,] Ecuador”.
Combinations
Microxus latebricola Anthony, 1924: 3 [original combination]
Akodon latebricola: Musser & Carleton, 1993: 690 [name combination]
Neomicroxus latebricola: Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013: 1008 [name combination]
References
Primary references
Anthony, H.E. 1924d. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139: 1–9. Full article Reference page.
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501-755. In Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (Eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. xviii + 1,206 pp.
Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995–1015. DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-276.1 Reference page.
Additional references
Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2015. Genus Neomicroxus Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013. Pp. 96-99 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.), Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Links
Neomicroxus latebricola in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Neomicroxus latebricola (Vulnerable)
Vernacular names
English: Ecuadorean Grass Mouse, Ecuadorean Akodont
The Ecuadorian grass mouse (Neomicroxus latebricola) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Ecuador.
References
Alvarado Serrano, D. (2019). "Neomicroxus latebricola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T741A22382354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T741A22382354.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Alavarado-Serrano, D. F. and G. D'Elía. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis. (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 94:995–1015.
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