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| genus = Sigmodontomys
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| authority = [[Joel Asaph Allen|J.A. Allen]], 1897
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'''''Sigmodontomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] in the tribe [[Oryzomyini]] of family [[Cricetidae]].<ref>Musser and Carleton, 2005</ref> It is related to ''[[Nectomys]]'' and ''[[Melanomys]]'' and used to be included in ''Nectomys''. It includes two species, ''[[Sigmodontomys alfari]]'' and the much rarer ''[[Sigmodontomys aphrastus]]'', but whether these are indeed each other's closest relatives is uncertain.<ref>Weksler, 2006</ref>
'''''Sigmodontomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] in the tribe [[Oryzomyini]] of family [[Cricetidae]].<ref>Musser and Carleton, 2005</ref> It is related to ''[[Nectomys]]'' and ''[[Melanomys]]'' and used to be included in ''Nectomys''. It includes two species, ''[[Sigmodontomys alfari]]'' and the much rarer ''[[Sigmodontomys aphrastus]]'', but whether these are indeed each other's closest relatives is uncertain.<ref>Weksler, 2006</ref>

==References==
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==Literature cited==
==Literature cited==
*Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed]. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8221-0}}
*Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed]. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8221-0}}
*Weksler, M. 2006. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5777 Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.
*Weksler, M. 2006. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5777 Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.


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Sigmodontomys
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Sigmodontomys
J.A. Allen, 1897
Species

Sigmodontomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.[1] It is related to Nectomys and Melanomys and used to be included in Nectomys. It includes two species, Sigmodontomys alfari and the much rarer Sigmodontomys aphrastus, but whether these are indeed each other's closest relatives is uncertain.[2]

References

  1. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  2. ^ Weksler, 2006

Literature cited

  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
  • Weksler, M. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.