Ashaninka Arboreal Chinchilla Rat
Cuscomys ashaninka Emmons, 1999
Also calledAbrocome ashaninka (fra) · Ashaninka-Inkaratte (deu) · Chinchilla arborícola de Asháninka (spa) · Rato-chinchila-arborícola-de-ashaninka (por) · kuskoszczur szary (pol) · جرذ الشنشيلة أشانينكا الشجري (ara) · アシャニンカチンチラネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Am. Mus. Novit. vol.3279 p.2
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Type Locality: Peru, Dept. de Cusco, N Cordillera de Vilcabamba (11 o 39 ’ 36 " S, 73 o 40 ’ 02 " W).
Order Rodentia - Family Abrocomidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Abrocomidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. The only known Ashaninka Inca Rat was found at an elevation of 3370 m on the steep slope of a rocky hillock in tall wet, mossy, elfin cloud forest dominated by Weinmannia fagaroides / microphylla (Cunoniaceae) and Polylepis sericea (Rosaceae) and with abundant bamboo (Chusquea spp., Poaceae); a predator had just killed it. Ground had moss-covered limestone boulders, entwined with thick roots and trunks of trees. Flat areas surrounding the hill included open sphagnum bogs on rock terraces.
Abrocomidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Abrocomidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Cuscomys ashaninka in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264786.