Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Nectomys magdalenae
Nectomys magdalenae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Nectomys magdalenae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Although considered a subspecies of N. squamipes by Hershkovitz (1944), Gómez-Laverde et al. (1999) elevated magdalenae to species based on its karyotype (2n = 34), which is uniquely divergent from those populations so far reported from Amazonia and SE Brazil (2n = 38-59; see other accounts). Reig (in Honacki et al., 1982) had considered grandis and magdalenae as possible synonyms of apicalis, but the distinctive karyotype and emerging biogeographic appreciation of the Transandean lowlands ...