A new genus and species of abrocomid rodent from Peru (Rodentia, Abrocomidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Abrocomid rodent

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3279

By

Emmons, Louise

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999

Notes

Title from caption.

Summary also in Spanish.

"December 8, 1999."

"A new specimen of a giant arboreally adapted abrocomid rodent from the northern Vilcabamba Mountains of Cusco, Peru, is here described as a member of a new genus and species. The arboreal nature of the external morphology of the holotype differs strikingly from that of all other know Abrocomidae, which are terrestrial. A species known only from remains found in Inca tombs, Abrocoma oblativa Eaton, 1916, is placed in the new genus"--P. [1].

Subjects

Abrocoma oblativa , Abrocomidae , Classification , Cuscomys ashaninka , Cuzco (Department) , Extinct mammals , Holocene , Machu Picchu Site , Mammals , Paleontology , Peru , Rodents , Rodents, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3279, 1999

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 43033919