Bibimys massoiai Neves et al., 2020
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Neves, Simon B. et al. (2020). A new fossil cricetid (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from northeastern Brazil with remarks on small mammal extinctions in the tropical Quaternary. Journal of Mammalogy. DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa066
Other references:
Hadler, Patricia, Galliari, Carlos A. and Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J. (2024). Chancy History of a Supposedly Vanished South American Rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with Remarks on Recent Extinctions in Caviomorphs, pp. 81-97. In: Rasia, Luciano Luis, Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo and Acuña, Francisco. (eds.). Plains Vizcachas: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49487-1_6
Neves, S. B., E. L. Mayer, P. Hadler, and A. M. Ribeiro. (2017). Sigmodontine rodents (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Quaternary cave deposits of Serra da Capivara, northeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 20:163-178.