| Blarinomys Temporal range: Pleistocene – Recent |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Blarinomys Thomas, 1896 |
| Species: | B. breviceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1887) |
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Blarinomys breviceps, also known as the Brazilian Shrew-mouse[2] or the Blarinine Akodont,[3] is a rodent in the tribe Akodontini from the Atlantic Forest of eastern and southeastern Brazil.[1] It is the only species in the genus Blarinomys.[3]