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New records of Rhagomys rufescens (Rodentia : Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil
Fecha
2008Registro en:
ZOOTAXA, n.1824, p.28-34, 2008
1175-5326
Autor
STEINER-SOUZA, Francisco
CORDEIRO-ESTRELA, Pedro
PERCEQUILLO, Alexandre Reis
TESTONI, Andre Filipe
ALTHOFF, Sergio Luiz
Institución
Resumen
Since it was trapped in the XIX(th) century, Rhagomys rufescens has been considered a rare endangered sigmodontine rodent and an endemic species of the Atlantic forest. Only a handful of vouchers of this taxon were known by Thomas, 1886. Recently, eight new individuals were collected, providing new geographical, morphological and phylogenetic (based on molecular evidence) information on this species. In the present work we report the southernmost occurrence record for R. rufescens at Indaial, Santa Catarina State, with the largest collected series of this species, the northernmost occurrence record at Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo State, and new records from Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais State, from Ibiuna and Ribeirao Grande, Sao Paulo State.