Tylomys bullaris Merriam, 1901:561
Chiapan climbing rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1968 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012; Lee et al., 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas State, 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. and Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). Tylomys bullaris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 September 2012.
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. and Haskell, J.P. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84, Ecological Archives E084093metadata: 1-15.