Narrow-footed Bristly Mouse
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Neacomys tenuipes, also known as the Narrow-footed Neacomys or Narrow-footed Bristly Mouse, is found along the northern Andes
from northwestern Venezuela through Colombia into Ecuador, in rainforest
at elevations from 400 to 1750 m. Populations of small Neacomys in lowland Amazonia, previously assigned to this species, are now recognized as belonging to separate species.
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
from northwestern Venezuela through Colombia into Ecuador, in rainforest
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
at elevations from 400 to 1750 m. Populations of small Neacomys in lowland Amazonia, previously assigned to this species, are now recognized as belonging to separate species.
Literature cited
- 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
- Ochoa, J., Rivas, B., Gómez-Laverde, M., Woodman, N. and Timm, R. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 2, 2009.