Wiedomys

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Wiedomyini
Genus: Wiedomys
Species (2 + 1†): W. cerradensis – †W. marplatensis – W. pyrrhorhinos

Name

• Wiedomys Hershkovitz, 1959: 5

Type species: Mus pyrrhorhinos Wied-Neuwied, 1821, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1959. Two new genera of South American rodents (Cricetinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 5–9.

Additional references

• Quintana, C.A. 2002. Roedores cricétidos del Sanandrense (Plioceno tardio) de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Mastozoología Neotropical 9(2): 263–275. Full article (PDF)
• Gonçalves, P.R., Almeida, F.C. & Bonvicino, C.R. 2005. A new species of Wiedomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Brazilian Cerrado. Mammalian Biology 70(1): 46–60. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00175 Reference page. 
• Souza, A.L.G., Pessôa, L.M., Menezes, A.N., Bezerra, A.M.R. & Bonvicino, C.R. 2011. O rio São Francisco como provável barreira geográfica para as duas espécies do gênero Wiedomys (Rodentia). Revista do Museo de La Plata, Zoología 18(172): 163R.

Links

• Wiedomys 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.