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Genus of rodents

Cerradomys
Cerradomys sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Cerradomys
Weksler et al., 2006
Type species
Hesperomys subflavus Wagner, 1842
Species

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Cerradomys is a genus of oryzomyine rodents from eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and central Brazil found in cerrado, Caatinga and Gran Chaco habitats.

The species in this genus have historically been placed in Oryzomys, but according to cladistic research, they are not more closely related to the type species of Oryzomys than species in some other genera are. Its sister group may be a clade of oryzomyines living in open or aquatic habitats, comprising, among others, Aegialomys, Nectomys and Sigmodontomys. Sooretamys angouya, also formerly in Oryzomys, is another relative; it has been placed in the same group as the species of Cerradomys in the past. The generic name Cerradomys is a compound of the word "Cerrado" and the Ancient Greek μῦς mys "mouse" and therefore means "Cerrado mouse".

The dorsal pelage is brownish, the ventral pelage, greyish. It has small ears and a relatively long tail. There are crowns of hair on the hindfeet at the bases of the claws.

In addition to its external classification, the internal classification of the group is also subject to change. Until 2002, all members of the group were placed in a single species, then called Oryzomys subflavus, but since then, eight new species have been described, often on the basis of karyotypic differences, but two of these later turned out to represent the same species.

The genus currently contains the following species:

References

Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
Aegialomys
Agathaeromys
Amphinectomys
Carletonomys
Cerradomys
Drymoreomys
Eremoryzomys
Euryoryzomys
Handleyomys
Holochilus
Hylaeamys
Lundomys
Megalomys
Melanomys
Microakodontomys
Microryzomys
Mindomys
Neacomys
Nectomys
Nephelomys
Nesoryzomys
Noronhomys
Oecomys
Oligoryzomys
Oreoryzomys
Oryzomys
Pennatomys
Pseudoryzomys
Reigomys
Scolomys
Sigmodontomys
Sooretamys
Transandinomys
Zygodontomys
Incertae sedis
Myomorpha
Myomorpha
Anomalomyidae
Dipodoidea
Dipodidae
Allactaginae
Cardiocraniinae
Dipodinae
Dipodini
Paradipodini
Euchoreutinae
Simimyidae
Sminthidae
Zapodidae
Muroidea
Armintomyidae
Platacanthomyidae
Spalacidae
Myospalacinae
Rhizomyinae
Spalacinae
Eumuroida
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Allactaga elater Cardiocranius paradoxus
Eumuroida
Calomyscidae
Cricetidae
Arvicolinae
Arvicolini
Clethrionomyini
Dicrostonychini
Ellobiusini
Lagurini
Lemmini
Microtini
Ondatrini
Pliophenacomyini
Pliomyini
Cricetinae
Democricetodontinae
Neotominae
Baiomyini
Neotomini
Ochrotomyini
Reithrodontomyini
Sigmodontinae
Oryzomyalia
Abrotrichini
Akodontini
Ozyzomyini
Phyllotini
Thomasomyini
Wiedomyini
Sigmodontalia
Ichthyomyini
Sigmodontini
Tylomyinae
Nyctomyini
Tylomyini
Muridae
Deomyinae
Gerbillinae
Desmodilliscini
Gerbillini
Gerbillurini
Taterillini
Leimacomyinae
Lophiomyinae
Murinae
Apodemini
Arvicanthini
Hapalomyini
Hydromyini
Malacomyini
Millardini
Murini
Otomyini
Phloeomyini
Praomyini
Rattini
Vandeleurini
Pseudocricetodontinae
Nesomyidae
Cricetomyinae
Delanymyinae
Dendromurinae
Mystromyinae
Nesomyinae
Petromyscinae
Peromyscus pembertoni

Cricetus cricetus Malpaisomys insularis Canariomys bravoi Canarios tamarani

Apomys gracilirostris
Taxon identifiers
Cerradomys
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