Delomys is a genus of South American rodents of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, all found in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina and Brazil.[1][2] They are as follows:
- Delomys altimontanus
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys dorsalis)
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys sublineatus)
| Delomys | |
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| Cranium of Delomys dorsalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Thomasomyini |
| Genus: | Delomys Thomas, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Hesperomys dorsalis Hensel, 1873
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| Species | |
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Delomys altimontanus | |
References
edit- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1111–1112. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Gonçalves, P.R.; de Oliveira, J.A. (2014). "An integrative appraisal of the diversification in the Atlantic forest genus Delomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3760 (1): 001–038. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.1.
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