New records of Isothrix (Wagner 1845) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from Ecuador
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Héctor Cadena-Ortiz
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Barahona-V. Alexis
Abstract
We report two new records for an arboreal rat of the genus Isothrix in Ecuador, where only two previous photographic records of Isothrix bistriata existed. We highlight that geographic and ecological knowledge about these rodents and many other canopy species remain scarce.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank William R. Teska, Francois Catzeflis and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the original manuscript; Andrés Darquea (Drama Films) for sharing the photos; and Sebastián Dávalos for elaborating the map. Research in the Boca Tiputini region was funded by Petroamazonas EP and was undertaken with the participation of Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers. Comments, interpretations or conclusions are those of the authors, and are not necessarily agreed with or supported by Petroamazonas EP or Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Studies
- The mammals of Mt. Amuyao: a richly endemic fauna in the Central Cordillera of northern Luzon Island, Philippines
- Social organization and demography of reintroduced Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta) in North Ferlo Fauna Reserve, Senegal
- Reproductive characteristics of the water chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus
- First data on the presence and diet of common genet (Genetta genetta, Linnaeus 1758) in the Ebro Delta (NE Iberian Peninsula)
- Band size, activity pattern and occupancy of the coati Nasua narica (Carnivora, Procyonidae) in the Southeastern Mexican rainforest
- Partial support for the classical ring species hypothesis in the Chaerephon pumilus species complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from southeastern Africa and western Indian Ocean islands
- Recording at water bodies increases the efficiency of a survey of temperate bats with stationary, automated detectors
- Effect of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seed color and hardness genes on the consumption preference of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.)
- Short Notes
- New records of Isothrix (Wagner 1845) (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from Ecuador
- Notes on the distribution of the genus Andalgalomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae), with the first record of A. pearsoni (Myers 1978) from Argentina
- Reviewer acknowledgement Mammalia volume 80 (2016)
