Aepeomys
Appearance
Aepeomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Thomasomyini |
Genus: | Aepeomys Thomas, 1898 |
Type species | |
Oryzomys lugens | |
Species | |
Aepeomys is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae.[1] The species in this genus are found in Ecuador (A. lugens) and Venezuela (both species).
It contains the following two species:
- Olive montane mouse (Aepeomys lugens)
- Reig's montane mouse (Aepeomys reigi)
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.