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Delomys

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. They are as follows:Delomys altimontanus Striped Atlantic Forest rat Pallid Atlantic Forest rat

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Delomys
Cranium of Delomys dorsalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Thomasomyini
Genus: Delomys
Thomas, 1917
Type species
Hesperomys dorsalis
Hensel, 1873
Species

Delomys altimontanus
Delomys collinus
Delomys dorsalis
Delomys sublineatus

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.12 They are as follows:

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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. PMID 24870069.