| Montane Atlantic Forest rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Delomys collinus Thomas, 1917 | |
The montane Atlantic Forest rat (Delomys collinus) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. 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. Its karyotype, like that of closely related Delomys dorsalis, has 2n = 82, but the fundamental numbers of the two species differ. While it is not thought to be in present danger of extinction, habitat destruction and grassland fires are considered to be threats.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Delomys collinus | |
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