Transandinomys bolivaris

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Transandinomys bolivaris

Species Authority:

J.A. Allen, 1901

Common Name/s:

English

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Bolivar Rice Rat

Synonym/s:

Oryzomys bolivaris J.A. Allen, 1901

Taxonomic Notes:

Following Weksler et al. (2006) Oryzomys bolivaris has been reassigned to the new genus Transandinomys.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Gómez-Laverde, M., Rivas, B., Timm, R. & Pino, J.
Reviewer/s:	McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs from east Honduras, through east Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, to west Colombia and west central Ecuador. It has an altitudinal range from sea level to 1,500 m (Reid 1997).
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is uncommon to rare (Reid 1997).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This rodent is found in lowland evergreen to lower montane cloud forest (Musser and Carleton 2005). Sometimes it is trapped up to 1.5 m above ground, but usually it is found on the ground, either under logs, around the roots of large trees, or among rocks along streams (Reid 1997).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species is threatened by deforestation, especially in the west of Colombia and Ecuador.

Major Threat(s):

The species is threatened by deforestation, especially in the west of Colombia and Ecuador.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in many protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in many protected areas throughout its range.

Bibliography [top]

	Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. Reid, F. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA. Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. R. and Voss, R. S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1-29.

Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.

Reid, F. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.

Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. R. and Voss, R. S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1-29.

Citation:	Gómez-Laverde, M., Rivas, B., Timm, R. & Pino, J. 2008. Transandinomys bolivaris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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