Scolomys Anthony 1924

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1172

Scolomys Anthony 1924

Scolomys Anthony 1924 , Am. Mus . Novit., 139: 1.

Type Species: Scolomys melanops Anthony 1924

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Scolomys melanops Anthony 1924

Species Scolomys ucayalensis Pacheco 1991

Discussion: Sigmodontinae incertae sedis. Listed in tribe Oryzomyini by Reig (1984), a tribal affinity supported by Voss and Carleton (1993) and Patton and da Silva (1995). Unlike other oryzomyines, however, specimens of Scolomys lack pectoral mammae (e.g., Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Patton and da Silva, 1995), and subsequent phyletic studies of mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b) do not support close affinity with representatives of that tribe (D’Elía et al., 2003; Smith and Patton, 1999); discussion of these results and their bearing on tribal membership discussed by Gómez-Laverde et al. (2004). Defining generic traits emended and contrasted with those of Neacomys by Patton and da Silva (1995) and Patton et al. (2000). Distributional records, karyotypes, morphological variation, and natural history contained in the generic reviews of Patton and da Silva (1995) and Gómez-Laverde et al. (2004).