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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Neacomys pictus

Accepted taxon: Neacomys pictus


Accepted taxon: Neacomys pictus
Taxon: Neacomys pictus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | MYOMORPHA | Muroidea | Cricetidae | Sigmodontinae | Neacomys
Reference: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Neacomys pictus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Neacomys pictus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
No trait values available.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Neacomys pictus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Ear Length (EL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 14 - 0 - Tinoco, N…
Head-Body Length (HBL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 79 84.5 90 8 Tinoco, N…
Hind Foot Length (HFL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 22 22.5 23 1 Tinoco, N…
Occipital condyle width (OCW) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 6 6.05 6.1 0 Tinoco, N…
Tail Length (TL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 76 82.5 89 9 Tinoco, N…
Zygomatic Breadth (ZB) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 12.6 12.87 13.1 0 Tinoco, N…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Neacomys pictus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
alveolar width (AW) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 5 5 5 0 Tinoco, N…
basioccipital length (BOL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 4 4 4 0 Tinoco, N…
braincase breadth (BB) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 11 11 11 0 Tinoco, N…
breadth of incisive foramina (BIF) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 2 2 2 0 Tinoco, N…
breadth of palatal bridge (BPB) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 3 3 3 0 Tinoco, N…
breadth of zygomatic plate (BZP) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 2 2 3 0 Tinoco, N…
condyloincisive length (CIL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 21 22 23 1 Tinoco, N…
cranial depth (CD) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 9 9 9 0 Tinoco, N…
crown length of maxillary toothrow (LM) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 3 3 3 0 Tinoco, N…
least interorbital breadth (LIB) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 5 5 5 0 Tinoco, N…
length nasal (LN) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 9 9 9 0 Tinoco, N…
length of incisive foramina (LIF) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 3 3 4 0 Tinoco, N…
length of rostrum (LR) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 6 7 8 1 Tinoco, N…
length of upper diastema (LD) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 6 6 7 0 Tinoco, N…
orbital length (OL) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 8 9 9 0 Tinoco, N…
rostral width (RW-2) northwestern Ecuador mm 2 2 - - 5 5 5 0 Tinoco, N…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Neacomys pictus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Neacomys cf. pictus Tinoco, N., Koch, C., Colmenares-Pinzón, J.E., Castellanos, F.X. and Brito, J., 2023.  New species of the Spiny Mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys, 1175, pp.187-221. Genus, cf. species = Master genus, species Verified - Accepted

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2026. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Neacomys pictus , Accessed 31st May 2026 at https://mammalbase.net/me/8775]