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Wilfredomys Avila-Pires 1960

Description

Wilfredomys Avila-Pires 1960

Wilfredomys Avila-Pires 1960, Bol. Mus. Nac., Nov. Ser., Rio de Janeiro, 220: 3.

Type Species: Thomasomys oenax Thomas 1928

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Wilfredomys oenax (Thomas 1928)

Discussion: Sigmodontinae incertae sedis. Genus diagnosed to encompass another problematic thomasomyine-like species from the Atlantic Forest region; see Osgood (1933 b) and Pine (1980 b) for historical reviews of the generic affiliations of the type species. The categorical recognition of this taxon, conventionally treated as a subgenus of Thomasomys (e.g., Carleton and Musser, 1984; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Pine, 1980 b), will depend on phylogenetic studies involving other SE Brazilian endemics (also see comments under Delomys and Juliomys).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Avila-Pires
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Wilfredomys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Wilfredomys Avila-Pires, 1960 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Osgood, W. H. 1933 b. Two new rodents from Argentina. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 11 - 14.
  • Pine, R. H. 1980 b. Notes on rodents of the genera Wiedomys and Thomasomys (including Wilfredomys). Mammalia, 44: 195 - 202.
  • Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.