Check List 14(5): 721-730, doi: 10.15560/14.5.721
New and noteworthy records of rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae and Echimyidae) from Paraguay
Robert D. Owen‡, Humberto Sánchez§, Karina Atkinson|, Leigh McMahon¶, Colleen B. Jonsson#‡ Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica, Asunción, Paraguay§ Instituto de Investigación Biológica del Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay| Fundacion Para La Tierra, Pilar, Paraguay¶ Para La Tierra, Pilar, Paraguay# University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, United States of America
Corresponding author: Robert D. Owen ( rowen@tigo.com.py ) Academic editor: Alexandra M. R. Bezerra © 2018 Robert D. Owen, Humberto Sánchez, Karina Atkinson, Leigh McMahon, Colleen B. Jonsson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Owen RD, Sánchez H, Atkinson K, McMahon L, Jonsson CB (2018) New and noteworthy records of rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae and Echimyidae) from Paraguay. Check List 14(5): 721-730. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.721 |  |
Abstract
Paraguay, situated in south-central South America, lies at the nexus of several major biomes, and exhibits high species richness for a relatively small country. Nevertheless, that faunal diversity is poorly known, and new species for the country continue to come to light. This paper reports on 3 species of rodents, 1 new for the country and 2 known previously in Paraguay from 1 specimen. We emphasize the need for more and better training of new field and museum biologists, as well as for directors of permitting agencies and protected areas.
Keywords
Delomys; Interior Atlantic Forest; Juliomys; Kannabateomys; Mbaracayú