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:
Deltamys
Deltamys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Deltamys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Akodontini. Described as a genus, but usually treated as a subgenus of Akodon (e.g., Cabrera, 1961; Ellerman, 1941; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Reig, 1987; Smith and Patton, 1999), though not uniformly (Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Massoia, 1980b). Status of Deltamys recently argued as a genus (Bianchini and Delupi, 1994) and diagnosis so emended (González and Massoia, 1995). In cladistic analyses of allozymes (Barrantes et al., 1993) and gene sequences (D'Elía, 2003; D'Elía et al., 2003), D. kempi e...