Salt flat mouse
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| Salt flat mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Phyllotini |
| Genus: | Salinomys Braun & Mares, 1995 |
| Species: | S. delicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Salinomys delicatus Braun & Mares, 1995 | |
- Not to be confused with the little native mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus) of Australia or the delicate mouse (Mus tenellus) of Africa.
The salt flat mouse (Salinomys delicatus) is a sigmodontine rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is the only species in the genus Salinomys.[2] Its habitat is scrublands bordering salt flats (such as those of the Salinas Grandes) in central western Argentina at elevations around 400 m.[1][3] The closest relatives of the species are probably the chaco mice (Andalgalomys), the leaf-eared mice (Graomys, Paralomys and Phyllotis), Calomys and/or Eligmodontia.[2][3]
While not assessing its conservation status, the IUCN has stated, "This species occurs in a very narrow range of ecological requirements (salt flats) which are severely fragmented and which could be threatened by human disturbance."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jayat, J. & Pardinas, U. (2008). "Salinomys delicatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (May 1995). "A New Genus and Species of Phyllotine Rodent (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae: Phyllotini) from South America". Journal of Mammalogy (American Society of Mammalogists) 76 (2): 504–521. doi:10.2307/1382359. JSTOR 1382359.
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