Delomys

Delomys Temporal range: Recent
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
Species
Delomys collinus Delomys dorsalis Delomys sublineatus

Delomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Thomasomyini of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, all found in Argentina and Brazil.^[1] They are as follows:

• Montane Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys collinus)
• Striped Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys dorsalis)
• Pallid Atlantic Forest Rat (Delomys sublineatus)

References

1. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000637.