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GENUS Mesomys

Author:Wagner, 1845.
Citation:Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 145.
Type Species:Mesomys ecaudatus Wagner, 1845 (= Echimys hispidus Desmarest, 1817).
Comments:Revision of this genus is needed; see Husson (1978:440), Emmons and Feer (1997:234), Voss et al. (2001) and Orlando et al. (2003). Formerly included didelphoides and obscurus, both now placed in the genus Makalata (Emmons, 1993a).
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SPECIES hispidus

SPECIES leniceps

SPECIES occultus

SPECIES stimulax

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