Check List 14(3): 555-558, doi: 10.15560/14.3.555
New records of Diplomys labilis (Bangs, 1901) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Nicaragua
expand article infoJosé Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca‡§|, Fiona A. Reid, Julio Loza§|, Luis Gutiérrez-López§|, Javier Sunyer|
‡ § Programa de Conservación de Murciélagos de Nicaragua (PCMN), Managua, Nicaragua| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN), Managua and León, Nicaragua¶ Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

Corresponding author: José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca ( jmartinezfonseca89@yahoo.es )

Academic editor: Diego Astúa
© 2018 José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca, Fiona A. Reid, Julio Loza, Luis Gutiérrez-López, Javier Sunyer.
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: Martinez-Fonseca JG, Reid FA, Loza J, Gutiérrez-López L, Sunyer J (2018) New records of Diplomys labilis (Bangs, 1901) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Nicaragua. Check List 14(3): 555-558. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.3.555
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Abstract
The Rufous Tree Rat Diplomys labilis is distributed from southwestern Costa Rica to northern Ecuador. We report the first 2 records of this species from southern Nicaragua, extending the known geographical distribution for the species about 280 km northward from its nearest known locality, in Costa Rica. We provide photos of both Nicaraguan individuals, which were observed almost a year apart in the same locality, the Refugio Bartola Private Reserve, Río San Juan Department.
 
Keywords
Indio-Maíz; Lowland Wet Forest; Nicaraguan mammals; range extension; Río San Juan; Rufous Tree Rat