Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Scolomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Scolomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Scolomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
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:
Scolomys
Scolomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Scolomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Sigmodontinae incertae sedis. Listed in tribe Oryzomyini by Reig (1984), a tribal affinity supported by Voss and Carleton (1993) and Patton and da Silva (1995). Unlike other oryzomyines, however, specimens of Scolomys lack pectoral mammae (e.g., Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Patton and da Silva, 1995), and subsequent phyletic studies of mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) do not support close affinity with representatives of that tribe (D'Elía et al., 2003; Smith and Patton, 1999); discussion of these r...