Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Paralomys
Paralomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Paralomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Phyllotini. Although named as a genus and early recognized as such (Cabrera, 1961; Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Pearson, 1958), Paralomys was later submerged as a subgenus of Calomys (Ellerman, 1941) or as a subgenus or full synonym of Phyllotis (Hershkovitz, 1962; Osgood, 1947; Pearson and Patton, 1976). Uncertainty over its monophyletic union with those species and taxonomic rank has been revived by broad phylogenetic studies of morphological characters that suggest the distant relationship of ger...