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Delomys
Temporal range: RecentScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Thomasomyini Genus: Delomys
Thomas, 1917Type species Hesperomys dorsalis
Hensel, 1873Species Delomys collinus
Delomys dorsalis
Delomys sublineatusDelomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Thomasomyini of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, all found in Argentina and Brazil.[1] They are as follows:
- Montane Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys collinus)
- Striped Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys dorsalis)
- Pallid Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys sublineatus)
References
- ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000637.
Categories:- Sigmodontinae stubs
- Thomasomyini
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