Check List 17(3): 1007-1014, doi: 10.15560/17.3.1007
First records of Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) for the Peruvian Yungas
expand article infoYangjosé Yangjosé Juárez-Pérez, Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú‡, Mariella Leo§, Sam Shanee|, Jhonny Ramos, Víctor Pacheco#
‡ Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru§ Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (APECO), Lima, Peru| Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC), Cornwall, United Kingdom¶ Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (SERNANP), Lima, Peru# Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas “Antonio Raimondi”, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Corresponding author: Yangjosé Juárez-Pérez ( eduardo.juarez@unmsm.edu.pe )

Academic editor: Terrence C Demos
© Yangjosé Juárez-Pérez, Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú, Mariella Leo, Sam Shanee, Jhonny Ramos, Víctor Pacheco.
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Citation: Juárez-Pérez YY, Sánchez-Vendizú P, Leo M, Shanee S, Ramos J, Pacheco V (2021) First records of Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) for the Peruvian Yungas. Check List 17(3): 1007-1014. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.1007
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Abstract
Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 is an echimyid rodent that has been recorded in lowland, premontane and montane forests in Ecuador and lowland forests in Peru. Here, we report five new records of this species in the Peruvian Yungas ecoregion. Our records come from Amazonas, San Martín, and Huánuco departments. The Huánuco specimen, collected at 3300 m a.s.l., constitutes the highest and the southernmost record for the species, extending its distribution range by 251 km south. Additionally, we provide some notes on the natural history and conservation status of the species.
Keywords
Amazonian region, arboreal rodents, Dark Spiny Tree-rat, Echimyinae, montane forests, range extension