Category
page 1Taxa named by Louise H. Emmons
Cuscomys
Cuscomys is a genus of rodents found in the Andes of Cusco in southern Peru. These relatively large chinchilla rats are dark grey with a distinct white line running from the crown to the nose. The genus was coined in 1999 when C. ashaninka was scientifically described, but later it was discovered that C. oblativus, a species traditionally placed in the genus Abrocoma, actually belonged in Cuscomys. They are very poorly known, as C. ashaninka only is known from the holotype, while C. oblativus usually has been considered extinct, as it was only known from remains found in 1912, buried alongside
Olallamys
Olallamys is a genus of Andean soft-furred spiny rat that range from Panama through Colombia and Venezuela to northern Ecuador. These species are typically found at elevations above .

Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat
species of mammal
Pattonomys
Pattonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae, named after American mammalogist James L. Patton.
It contains the following species:
Bare-tailed armored tree-rat (Pattonomys occasius)
Speckled spiny tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus)

rusty-sided Atlantic tree-rat
species of mammal

Pithecheirops otion
species of mammal

Hylaeamys acritus
species of mammal

Oecomys sydandersoni
species of mammal
Pithecheirops
REDIRECT Bornean pithecheirops