Delomys dorsalis

Delomys dorsalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: Delomys
Species: Delomys dorsalis

Name

Delomys dorsalis (Hensel, 1872)

• Holotype: None specified
• Type locality: “Provinz Rio Grande do Sul”, Brazil; restricted to Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, by Ávila-Pires (1994:372).

Combinations

• Hesperomys dorsalis Hensel, 1872 : 42 [original combination]
• Akodon dorsalis — Trouessart, 1897 : 537 [name combination]
• Thomasomys dorsalis — Thomas, 1906 : 443 [name combination]
• Delomys dorsalis — Thomas, 1917 : 196 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Hensel, R.F. 1872. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethiere Süd-Brasiliens. Abhandlungen der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 1–130, 3 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.15736 BHL Reference page. 
• Trouessart, E.-L. 1897. Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Berolini: R. Friedländer & Sohn, 1:vi + 664p. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1906. Notes on South- American rodents. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 18: 442–448. DOI: 10.1080/00222930608562646 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1917. On the arrangement of the South American rats allied to Oryzomys and Rhipidomys. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 20: 192-198. DOI: 10.1080/00222931709486990 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Herschkovitz, P. 1998. Report on some sigmodontine rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47 (3/4): 193–256. Full article (PDF)
• Voss, R.S. 2015. Genus Delomys Thomas, 1917. Pp. 79-83. In Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D'Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America - vol. 2 Rodentia. University of Chicago Press. 1363p.

Links

• Delomys dorsalis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Delomys dorsalis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Striped Delomys, Striped Atlantic Forest Rat