Currently, the study of guard hairs is used in various areas of basic and applied sciences (taxonomy, ecology, genetics, paleontology, criminology, among others), due to its resistance to physical, chemical, mechanical and biological factors, conserving its cuticular and medullar structure. These structures form patterns that allow the identification of specimens at the level of genera and families. However, despite the importance, there are no studies on this subject in Peru. Therefore, samples from 30 mammalian species of Didelphimorphia and Rodentia were examined to fill this information gap. Among the species studied, we differentiated 5 medullary and 8 cuticular patterns. The didelphid marsupials have a medial uniseriate scaleriform pattern with a foliaceous cuticular pattern; the cricetid rodents have an alveolar multiseriate medullary pattern and a foliate cuticular pattern, the c...

Currently, the study of guard hairs is used in various areas of basic and applied sciences (taxonomy, ecology, genetics, paleontology, criminology, among others), due to its resistance to physical, chemical, mechanical and biological factors, conserving its cuticular and medullar structure. These structures form patterns that allow the identification of specimens at the level of genera and families. However, despite the importance, there are no studies on this subject in Peru. Therefore, samples from 30 mammalian species of Didelphimorphia and Rodentia were examined to fill this information gap. Among the species studied, we differentiated 5 medullary and 8 cuticular patterns. The didelphid marsupials have a medial uniseriate scaleriform pattern with a foliaceous cuticular pattern; the cricetid rodents have an alveolar multiseriate medullary pattern and a foliate cuticular pattern, the c...

Chilomys instans (Thomasomyini, Cricetidae) is a common species in the mammalian fauna that inhabits in the Northern Andes of South America. Here we present the first record of that in Peru, based on the morphologic review of three samples collected in Cajamarca Department (Central Andes). Information about the taxonomic and natural history of C. instans are presented. The wide distribution of genus Chilomys in Andes shows the necessity to perform a taxonomic review of the genus, in order to clearify the species limit.

We presented the first record of three species bats for Peru based on specimens collected between 2007 and 2014. These are Eumops glaucinus, captured in the rainforest from the center of Peru, Molossus bondae captured in the Pacifico rainforest, and Promops nasutus, captured in the montane forests from southeastern. The new records increase the mammal diversity of Peru to 579 species.

El roedor Chilomys instans (Thomasomyini, Cricetidae) es una especie común en la comunidad de mamíferos que habita los Andes del Norte en Sudamérica. Aquí presentamos el primer registro de la especie para el Perú, en base a la revisión morfológica de tres ejemplares colectados en el departamento de Cajamarca (Andes del Centro). Se presentan comentarios sobre la taxonomía de C. instans e información sobre su historia natural. La amplia distribución del género Chilomys en los Andes pone de manifiesto la necesidad de realizar la revisión taxonómica de éste género para esclarecer los límites de las especies que la conforman.