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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
GENUS Wilfredomys
| Author: | Avila-Pires, 1960. | | Citation: | Bol. Mus. Nac., Nov. Ser., Rio de Janeiro, 220: 3. | | Type Species: | Thomasomys oenax Thomas, 1928. | | Comments: | Sigmodontinae incertae sedis. Genus diagnosed to encompass another problematic thomasomyine-like species from the Atlantic Forest region; see Osgood (1933b) and Pine (1980b) for historical reviews of the generic affiliations of the type species. The categorical recognition of this taxon, conventionally treated as a subgenus of Thomasomys (e.g., Carleton and Musser, 1984; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Pine, 1980b), will depend on phylogenetic studies involving other SE Brazilian endemics (also see comments under Delomys and Juliomys). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES oenax | Synonyms: |
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