Tylomys tumbalensis Merriam, 1901:560
Tumbalá climbing rat, Tumbala climbing rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1968 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012; Lee et al., 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Tumbalá, Chiapas, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Merriam, C. H. (1901). Seven new mammals from Mexico, including a new genus of rodents. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3: 559-563.
Other references:
Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). Tylomys tumbalensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 September 2012.
Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. 2019. Tylomys tumbalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22575A22340781. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22575A22340781.en. Accessed on 29 July 2022.
Espinoza M., E., H. Núñez O., P. González D., R. Luna R., M. A. Altamirano, G. O., E. Cruz A., G. Cartas H., and C. Guichard R. 1999a. Listado preliminar de los vertebrados terrestres de la reserva de la biosfera “El Triunfo,” Chiapas. Publicaciones Especiales del Instituto de Historia Natural, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, 1:38 pp.
Espinoza M., E., H. Núñez O., P. González D., R. Luna R., M. A. Altamirano, G. O., D. Navarette G., E. Cruz A., G. Cartas H., and C. Guichard R. 1999b. Lista preliminar de los vertebrados terrestres de la selva “El Ocote,” Chiapas. Publicaciones Especiales del Instituto de Historia Natural, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, 1:40 pp.
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Inferring Extinction of Mammals from Sighting Records, Threats, and Biological Traits. Conservation Biology 26(1): 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01797.x
Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E. (2013). Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica 145: 1-130. [0.280 kg min. mass estimate]
Lee, T. E., Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P. and Wintle, B. A. (2017). Extinct or still out there? Disentangling influences on extinction and rediscovery helps to clarify the fate of species on the edge. Global Change Biology 23(2): 621-634. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13421
Monroy-Gamboa, Alina Gabriela. (2021). The ghost mammals from Mexico and their implications. Therya 12(3): 1-10.
Smith, F.A., Lyons, S.K., Morgan Ernest, S.K., Jones, K.E., Kauffman, D.M., Dayan, T., Marquet, P.A., Brown, J.H. & Haskell, J.P. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84, Ecological Archives E084093metadata: 1-15.