Juliomys
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Juliomys is a genus of rodents from the group of New World mice . The genus was only established in 2000 and includes four species that live in southeastern South America .
features
They are relatively small representatives of the New World mice, their fur is reddish in color on the upper side, the underside is lighter. They are predominantly tree-dwelling, otherwise little is known about their way of life.
Systematics
There are four types:
- Juliomys ossitenius was first described in 2007. The species is distributed from Espírito Santo to São Paulo.
- Juliomys pictipes is common in south-east Brazil ( São Paulo and Santa Catarina ) and north-east Argentina ( Misiones ). The species was previously classified in the genus Wilfredomys .
- Juliomys rimofrons was first described in 2002 andis only known from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais .
- Juliomys ximenezi was first described in 2016 from southern Brazil.
The generic epithet was awarded in honor of the Argentine biologist Julio Rafael Contreras (1933-2017).
Status and protection
Little is known about the endangerment level of the species. The IUCN only cites J. pictipes and lists the species as not endangered.
supporting documents
- Jump up ↑ Leonora P. Costa, Silvia E. Pavan, Yuri LR Leite, Valéria Fagundes: A new species of Juliomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil. In: Zootaxa. Vol. 1463, 2007, ISSN 1175-5326 , pp. 21-37.
- ↑ Alexandre U. Christoff, Emerson M. Vieira, Larissa R. Oliveira, Juliana W. Gonçalves, Victor H. Valiati, Paulo S. Tomasi: A new species of Juliomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil . Journal of Mammalogy 97 (5), 2016; Pp. 1469-1482. doi : 10.1093 / jmammal / gyw082
literature
- Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .