First record of Colombian Forest Mouse Chilomys instans (Cricetidae: Rodentia) in Cajamarca: updating the list of mammals from Peru

Authors

  • César E. Medina Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-223X
  • Yasmy K. Medina Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.
  • Kateryn Pino Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.
  • Alexander Pari Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.
  • Evaristo López 1 Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú. 2 Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (UNSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú.
  • Horacio Zeballos 1 Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Av. Alcides Carrión s/n. Arequipa, Perú. 3 Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Territorio y Energías Renovables, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima 32.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i3.12868

Keywords:

Chilomys, Yungas, Northern Peru, New record.

Abstract

Chilomys instans (Thomasomyini, Cricetidae) is a common species in the mammalian fauna that inhabits in the Northern Andes of South America. Here we present the first record of that in Peru, based on the morphologic review of three samples collected in Cajamarca Department (Central Andes). Information about the taxonomic and natural history of C. instans are presented. The wide distribution of genus Chilomys in Andes shows the necessity to perform a taxonomic review of the genus, in order to clearify the species limit.

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Published

12/20/2016

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2016)

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Medina, César E., Yasmy K. Medina, Kateryn Pino, Alexander Pari, Evaristo López, and Horacio Zeballos. 2016. “First Record of Colombian Forest Mouse Chilomys Instans (Cricetidae: Rodentia) in Cajamarca: Updating the List of Mammals from Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 23 (3): 315-20. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i3.12868.