Delomys
Delomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Delomys altimontanus |
Delomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Thomasomyini of family Cricetidae. Four species are known, all found in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina and Brazil. They are as follows:
- Delomys altimontanus
- Montane Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys collinus)
- Striped Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys dorsalis)
- Pallid Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys sublineatus)