Scolomys

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Scolomys
Species (2): S. melanops – S. ucayalensis

Name

Scolomys Anthony, 1924: 1

• Type species: Scolomys melanops Anthony, 1924, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Anthony, H.E. 1924. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139: 1–9. hdl: 2246/4328 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pacheco, V. 1991. A new species of Scolomys (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Serie A Zoología 37: 1–3. PDF Reference page. 
• Patton, J.L. & Silva, M.N.F. 1995. A review of the spiny mouse genus Scolomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with the description of a new species from the western Amazon of Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 319–337. BHL Reference page. 
• Gómez-Laverde, M., Anderson, R.P. & García, L.F. 2004. Integrated systematic reevaluation of the Amazonian genus Scolomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian Biology 69(2): 119–140. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00126 Reference page. 
• Patton, J.L. 2015. Genus Scolomys Anthony, 1924. Pp. 445–448 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: South America Spiny Mice