The importance of the Andes in the evolutionary radiation of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae), the most diverse group of mammals in the Neotropics

P Vallejos-Garrido, K Pino, N Espinoza-Aravena… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The Andean mountains stand out for their striking species richness and endemicity that
characterize many emblematic Neotropical clades distributed in or around these mountains …

[HTML][HTML] A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia …

J Brito, C Koch, AR Percequillo, N Tinoco, M Weksler… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The Andean cloud forests of western Colombia and Ecuador are home to several endemic
mammals; members of the Oryzomyini, the largest Sigmodontinae tribe, are extensively …

Unlocking Andean sigmodontine diversity: five new species of Chilomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the montane forests of Ecuador

J Brito, N Tinoco, CM Pinto, R García, C Koch… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The Andean cloud forests of Ecuador are home to several endemic mammals. Members of
the Thomasomyini rodents are well represented in the Andes, with Thomasomys being the …

Discovery of the first Amazonian Thomasomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): a new species from the remote Cordilleras del Cóndor and Kutukú in Ecuador

J Brito, S Vaca-Puente, C Koch… - Journal of Mammalogy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A new species of the cricetid rodent genus Thomasomys is described from the montane
forests of the Cordilleras del Cóndor and Kutukú, southeastern Ecuador, at elevations …

Unilocus delimitation methods reveal the underestimated species diversity of Thomasomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

D Ruelas, V Pacheco, J Pérez, J Diaz‐Nieto… - Zoologica …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thomasomys is the most diverse genus of the Sigmodontinae subfamily, comprising at least
51 species. Despite recent systematic advances, the monophyly of this genus, the proposed …

Systematic revision of Thomasomys cinereus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from northern Peru and southern Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species

V Pacheco, D Ruelas - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2023 - BioOne
Thomasomys cinereus is the type species of Thomasomys, type genus of the sigmodontine
tribe Thomasomyini. As currently recognized, Thomasomys includes 48 species, all of which …

[PDF][PDF] Mamíferos del Ecuador: lista actualizada de especies

DG Tirira, J Brito, SF Burneo - 2020 - bibdigital.epn.edu.ec
Mamíferos del Ecuador: lista actualizada de especies / Mammals of Ecuador: Updated checklist
species. Versión 2020.2 Page 1 See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at …

A unique cricetid experiment in the northern high-Andean Páramos deserves tribal recognition

UFJ Pardiñas, J Curay, J Brito… - Journal of Mammalogy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While hypsodonty mostly is associated with medium to large body sizes in sigmodontine
rodents, high-crowned molars combined with small bodies rarely are recorded. This latter …

A new species of Andean mouse of the genus Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador

TE Lee Jr, N Tinoco, J Brito - Vertebrate Zoology, 2022 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
We name and describe a new species of Andean mouse from the eastern slope of the
Andes of central Ecuador (Sangay National Park). This rodent is large-bodied (head-body …

[HTML][HTML]  New species of the Spiny Mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador

N Tinoco, C Koch, JE Colmenares-Pinzón… - ZooKeys, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Neacomys is a genus of small spiny or bristly sigmodontine rodents that are
common components of mammalian faunas in multiple biomes on Central and South …