Montane Atlantic Forest rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Delomys |
Species: | D. collinus
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Binomial name | |
Delomys collinus
Thomas, 1917
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The montane Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys collinus) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. [2] It is endemic to part of the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil, where it is found at elevations from 1000 to 2700 m in noncontiguous mountain ranges. [1] [3] Its karyotype, like that of closely related Delomys dorsalis, has 2n = 82, but the fundamental numbers of the two species differ. [2] While it is not thought to be in present danger of extinction, habitat destruction and grassland fires are considered to be threats. [1]