Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: Neomicroxus
Species: Neomicroxus bogotensis
Name
Neomicroxus bogotensis (Thomas, 1895)
Holotype: BMNH 1895.10.14.2, adult ♂, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Plains of Bogota,” Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Combinations
Acodon bogotensis Thomas, 1895: 369 [original combination]
Akodon bogotensis: Trouessart, 1897: 537 [name combination]
Microxus bogotensis: Thomas, 1909: 237 [name combination]
Neomicroxus bogotensis: Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013: 1008 [name combination]
References
Primary references
Thomas, O. 1895. Descriptions of four small mammals from South America, including one belonging to the peculiar marsupial genus ‘‘Hyracodon’’ Tomes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 6 16: 367–370. DOI: 10.1080/00222939508680289 BHL Reference page.
Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Berolini: R. Friedländer & Sohn, 1:vi + 664p. BHL Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1909. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8, 4(21): 230–242. DOI: 10.1080/00222930908692666 BHL Reference page.
Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995–1015. DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-276.1 Reference page.
Additional references
Alvarado-Serrano, D.F. & D’Elía, G. 2015. Genus Neomicroxus Alvarado-Serrano & D’Elía, 2013. Pp. 96-99 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.), Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Links
Neomicroxus bogotensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Neomicroxus bogotensis (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
English: Bogotá Grass Mouse, Bogotá Akodont
The Bogotá grass mouse[2] or Bogotá akodont,[3] (Neomicroxus bogotensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes eastern and central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.[3] Alavarado-Serrano and D'Elía (2013) have assigned the species to a new genus, Neomicroxus along with Neomicroxus latebricola.
References
Cassola, F. (2016). "Neomicroxus bogotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T727A22380569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T727A22380569.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Duff and Lawson, 2004
Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093
Literature cited
Alavarado-Serrano, D. F. and G. D'Elía. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis. (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 94:995–1015.
Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
Gómez-Laverde, M. and Rivas, B. 2008. Akodon bogotensis. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on April 2, 2010.
Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
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