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 anoblepas (extinct)
- Juliomys ossitenuis
- Juliomys pictipes (Lesser Wilfred's mouse)
- Juliomys rimofrons (Cleft-headed juliomys)
- Juliomys ximenezi (Aracuaria Forest tree mouse)[3]
| Juliomys | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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† Juliomys anoblepas | |
References
- 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.
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