Podoxymys roraimae Anthony, 1929
Roraima mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1929 or before
Rediscovered in 1992 or before (Pérez-Zapata et al., 1992)
Distribution
Venezuela
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
da Fonseca, G. A. B., Herrmann, G., Leite, Y. L. R, Mittermeier, R. A., Rylands, A. B. and Patton, J. L. (1996). Lista anotada dos mamiferos do Brasil. Conservation International Occasional Paper 4: 38 pp.
Leite, Y. L., Kok, P. J. and Weksler, M. (2015). Evolutionary affinities of the ‘Lost World’ mouse suggest a late Pliocene connection between the Guiana and Brazilian shields. Journal of Biogeography 42(4): 706-715.
Linares, O. J. (1998). Mamíferos de Venezuela. Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
Pardinas, U. F. J. and Teta, P. (2015). Genus Podoxymys Anthony 1929. In: Patton, J.L., Pardons, U.F.J. and D'Elia, G. (eds), Mammals of South America, pp. 268-269. University of Chicago Press.
Perez-Zapata, A., Lew, D., Aguilera, M. and Reig, O. A. (1992). New data on the systematics and karyology of Podoxymys roraimae (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 57: 216–224.