|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Juliomys
SPECIES Juliomys rimofrons
| Author: | Oliveira and Bonvicino, 2002. | | Citation: | Acta Theriol., 47(3): 310. | | Common Name: | Cleft-headed Juliomys | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Itamonte Municipality, Serra da Mantiqueira, east of Pedra Furada, Brejo da Lapa, 2000 m; 22º21′S, 44º44′W. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality, SE Brazil. | | Comments: | Similar to J. pictipes, but J. rimofrons possesses longer pelage, fewer chromosomes (2n = 20, FN = 34), and a carotid arterial circulation with a supraorbital branch (Oliveira and Bonvicino, 2002). |
|
| |
|
|
