Blarinomys breviceps

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Blarinomys
Species: Blarinomys breviceps

Name

• Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1888)

Holotype:

Type locality: “Lapa do Capão Secco [= Lapa do Capão Seco],” Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Combinations

• Oxymycterus breviceps Winge, 1888: 34 [original combination]
• Blarinomys breviceps: Thomas, 1896: 310 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1896. On new small mammals from the Neotropical region. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 18: 301–314.

Links

• Blarinomys breviceps 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: Blarinomys breviceps  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Brasilianische Spitzmausratte
English: Brazilian Shrew-mouse