Kemp's grass mouse

Kemp's grass mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Deltamys
Thomas, 1917
Species:
D. kempi
Binomial name
Deltamys kempi
Thomas, 1917
Synonyms

Akodon kempi (Thomas, 1917)

Kemp's grass mouse (Deltamys kempi) is a species of South American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Deltamys.[2] It was formerly considered a member of the genus Akodon, but is now considered sufficiently distinct to warrant its own genus.[3] It is named for Robin Kemp, who collected specimens of mice from the area for the British Museum.[4]

  1. ^ Teta, P.; D'elia, G.; Christoff, A.; Gonzalez, E. (2016). "Deltamys kempi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T738A22338967. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T738A22338967.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Deltamys kempi". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Smith, M.F.; Patton, J.L. (1999). "Phylogenetic relationships and the radiation of sigmodontine rodents in South America: evidence from cytochrome b". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 6 (2): 89–128. doi:10.1023/A:1020668004578. S2CID 22355532.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gonzalez2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).