Juliomys

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
Temporal range: Recent
Front half of the skull of J. anoblepas, seen from the right, above, and below.[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Juliomys
González, 2000
Type species
Thomasomys pictipes
Osgood, 1933
Species

Juliomys anoblepas
Juliomys ossitenuis
Juliomys pictipes
Juliomys rimofrons
Juliomys ximenezi

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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