Thomasomys dorsalis (Hensel, 1872)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Delomys
- species
- Delomys dorsalis
discussion
COMMENT: Includes collinus and sublineatus; see Cabrera, 1961: 428; Walker et al., 1975: 766, listed collinus and sublineatus as distinct species, without comment. Reviewed by Massoia, 1962, Physis, 23 (64): 27 - 34. Delomys was considered a distinct genus by Avila-Pires, 1960, Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de J., 50: 32 - 33, and AvilaPires, 1960, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de J., 220: 1 - 6; Cabrera, 1961: 425, 428 - 429, included Delomys in Thomasomys as a synonym. RHP considers Delomys a subgenus which probably merits generic status.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: S. and E. Brazil; N. E. Argentina (AL).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul Prov.
Name
- Homonyms
- Thomasomys dorsalis (Hensel, 1872)