| Thalpomys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Thalpomys Thomas, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Thalpomys lasiotis Thomas, 1916
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| Species | |
Thalpomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Akodontini of family Cricetidae.[1] Two species are known, both found in the cerrado tropical savanna ecoregion of central Brazil. They are as follows:
- Cerrado mouse (Thalpomys cerradensis)
- Hairy-eared cerrado mouse (Thalpomys lasiotis)
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1178–1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.