Kemp field mouse

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Kemp field mouse
Systematics
Family : Burrowers (Cricetidae)
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Oryzomyalia
Tribe : Akodontini
Genre : Deltamys
Type : Kemp field mouse
Scientific name
Deltamys kempi
Thomas , 1917

The Kemp-field mouse ( Deltamys kempi ) is in South America living rodent species from the group of New world .

These rodents are stocky, vole-like animals with short limbs. Their fur is gray-brown on top, the underside is lighter.

They live on the lower reaches of the Río Paraná in eastern Argentina , Uruguay and southeastern Brazil ( Rio Grande do Sul ), where they inhabit grasslands. Their diet probably consists of plants and small animals.

Systematics

The systematic position of the Kemp field mouse is controversial. Wilson & Reeder (2005) list them as the only species in the genus Deltamys . Other sources, however, assign them to the South American field mice ( Akodon ). Another Deltamys species was described in mid-2017 . Deltamys araucaria is endemic to araucaria forests in southern Brazil . Another, previously undescribed species lives in the mountainous south of Brazil, while it occurs in lower areas.

literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fernando M. Quintela, Fabrício Bertuol, Enrique M. González, Pedro Cordeiro-Estrela, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas and Gislene Lopes Gonçalves. 2017. A New Species of Deltamys Thomas, 1917 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) Endemic to the southern Brazilian Araucaria Forest and Notes on the Expanded Phylogeographic Scenario of D. kempi. Zootaxa . 4294 (1); 71-92. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4294.1.3

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