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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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References
edit- ^ a b c Geise, L.; Percequillo, A.; Bergallo, H. (2016). "Delomys collinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136338A22333711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136338A22333711.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1112. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Leiner, Natalia O.; Silva, Wesley R. (1 June 2007). "Effects of resource availability on the use of space by the mouse opossumMarmosops paulensis (Didelphidae) in a montane Atlantic forest area in southeastern Brazil". Acta Theriologica. 52 (2): 197–204. doi:10.1007/BF03194215. ISSN 2190-3743.
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