The rodent with a whisp - a new rodent from Peru
In the rainforest of Peru a squirrel like rodent has been discovered.
A striking rodent, closer in relation to spiny rats than to squirrels, it features a wick like tail of black and a broad head covered throughout with long transitional fur of reddish to gray.
The new rodent has been dubbed Isothrix barbarabrownae and was found in 1999 at 6200 feet . The find occurred while researchers where in the Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve Mountains in Peru.
Using genetic analysis the discoverers have been reviewing the proposed evolutionary connection of the South American rodents. This analysis is suggestive that the new species may have arisen from Andean ancestry.
The description of the new species is presented within Mastozoologia Neotropical, while early work detailing the findings of the research team was in Fieldiana: Zoology.
A striking rodent, closer in relation to spiny rats than to squirrels, it features a wick like tail of black and a broad head covered throughout with long transitional fur of reddish to gray.
The new rodent has been dubbed Isothrix barbarabrownae and was found in 1999 at 6200 feet . The find occurred while researchers where in the Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve Mountains in Peru.
Using genetic analysis the discoverers have been reviewing the proposed evolutionary connection of the South American rodents. This analysis is suggestive that the new species may have arisen from Andean ancestry.
The description of the new species is presented within Mastozoologia Neotropical, while early work detailing the findings of the research team was in Fieldiana: Zoology.
The total species finds for the research team has been 1 opossum, 7 bats and 3 rodents all from the same river valley of research in Peru.
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posted by Craig Heinselman @ 4:01 PM
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