Juliomys
Appearance
Juliomys | |
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Front half of the skull of J. anoblepas, seen from the right, above, and below.[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Juliomys González, 2000 |
Type species | |
Thomasomys pictipes Osgood, 1933
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Species | |
† Juliomys anoblepas |
Juliomys is a genus of South American rodents of the family Cricetidae.[2] Five species are known, all found in Argentina and Brazil. They are as follows:
- Juliomys anoblepas (extinct)
- Juliomys ossitenuis
- Juliomys pictipes (Lesser Wilfred's mouse)
- Juliomys rimofrons (Cleft-headed juliomys)
- Juliomys ximenezi (Aracuaria Forest tree mouse)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Winge, H. 1887. Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien. E Museo Lundii 1(3):1–200 (in Danish); pl. III, fig. 4.
- ^ 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. p. 1121. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Christoff, A.U.; et al. (September 2016). "A new species of Juliomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (5): 1469–1482. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw082.