Zygodontomys brevicauda (rodent)

Mass: 57.4 g based on Baglan and Catzeflis 2014 and Voss 1992

Abundance: 0.43 to 70.27% (median 62.60%)

Latitudinal range: 8.4° to 9.8°

Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 4 samples

Colombia: San Marcos (rural), NecoclĂ­ (rural)

Venezuela: Fundo Pecuario Masaguaral, El Breal de Orocual (ORS20)

Size measurements:
body mass58 gN = 52Baglan and Catzeflis 2014
body mass56.7 gN = 46Voss 1992
♀ ear length15 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♂ ear length17.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♂ head and body length110 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♀ hind foot length27 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♀ hind foot length25.7 mmN = 3Allen 1899
♀ hind foot length27 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ hind foot length26.5 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ hind foot length28 mmN = 13Allen 1899
♂ hind foot length20.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♀ skull length31 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♂ skull length30 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♀ skull width16 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♂ skull width15 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♀ tail length100 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♀ tail length92 mmN = 3Allen 1899
♀ tail length89 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ tail length97.6 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ tail length103 mmN = 13Allen 1899
♂ tail length88 mmN = 1Thomas 1899
♀ total body length229 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♀ total body length220 mmN = 3Allen 1899
♀ total body length233 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ total body length230 mmN = 5Allen 1899
♂ total body length253 mmN = 13Allen 1899
♀ upper tooth row length4.4 mmN = 1Allen 1899
♂ upper tooth row length4.2 mmN = 1Thomas 1899

See also Zygodontomys