Neacomys spinosus (rodent)

Mass: 23.8 g based on Mena and Medellín 2010

Abundance: 1.18 to 18.07% (median 3.89%)

Latitudinal range: -14.8° to 8.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)

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Found in 13 samples

Bolivia: El Refugio Huanchaca Biological Station, Los Fierros Camp (LFF)

Brazil: Alta Floresta (Sherman traps)

Colombia: San Marcos (rural)

Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1990 snap traps), Pozuzo (small fragment), Iquitos–Nauta Highway, Cocha Paujil (traps), Refugio Juliaca (traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Sherman traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Victor traps)

Size measurements:
body mass23.8 gN = 12Mena and Medellín 2010
condyloincisive length20.74 mmN = 9Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ ear length16 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
♂ head and body length90 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
head and body length90.5 mmN = 8Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ hind foot length24.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
hind foot length23.12 mmN = 8Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ skull length24.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
skull length23.23 mmN = 10Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ skull width12.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
skull width12.31 mmN = 10Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ tail length102 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
tail length98.14 mmN = 7Luna and Patterson 2003
♂ upper tooth row length3.1 mmN = 1Thomas 1903
upper tooth row length2.99 mmN = 10Luna and Patterson 2003

See also Neacomys, Neacomys lenguarum, Neacomys minutus, Neacomys paracou, Neacomys sp., Neacomys tenuipes