Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neusticomys monticolus (Anthony, 1921): noteworthy records of the Montane Fish- Eating Rat in Colombia

Jorge Velandia-Perilla; Carlos Saavedra-Rodríguez

doi:10.15560/9.3.686

Check List 9(3): 686-688, doi: 10.15560/9.3.686

Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neusticomys monticolus (Anthony, 1921): noteworthy records of the Montane Fish- Eating Rat in Colombia

Jorge Horacio Velandia-Perilla^‡, Carlos Arturo Saavedra-Rodríguez^‡

‡ Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Corresponding author: Jorge Velandia-Perilla ( jorgehvelandia@gmail.com )

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Citation: Velandia-Perilla J, Saavedra-Rodríguez C (2013) Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neusticomys monticolus (Anthony, 1921): noteworthy records of the Montane Fish- Eating Rat in Colombia. Check List 9(3): 686-688. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.3.686

Abstract

We document the presence of the Montane Fish-eating Rat, Neusticomys monticolus, in two páramo ecosystems of the Colombian Andes, in the departments of Valle del Cauca and Cauca at 3558 and 3300 m respectively. For small mammals, páramo ecosystems are underexplored zones in a biogeographic context.

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