''Juliomys'' is a genus of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

s of the family

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and has m ...

. Five species are known, all found in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. They are as follows: *''

Juliomys anoblepas ''Juliomys anoblepas'' is a rodent in the genus ''Juliomys'' of the subfamily Sigmodontinae known from a single broken skull. The specimen was collected by Peter Wilhelm Lund in the caves of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the first half o ...

'' (extinct) *''

Juliomys ossitenuis ''Juliomys ossitenuis'' is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae native to South America. Taxonomy This rodent is in the Kingdom Animalia. They are found in the Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, and Order Rodentia. Its specific epithet ...

'' *''

Juliomys pictipes The lesser Wilfred's mouse (''Juliomys pictipes'') is a species of South American rodents of the family Cricetidae. It was first described by Wilfred H. Osgood under the name ''Thomasomys pictipes'', then into the genus Wilfredomys, and now kno ...

'' (Lesser Wilfred's mouse) *''

Juliomys rimofrons ''Juliomys rimofrons'', also known as the cleft-headed juliomys, is a South American rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Brazil. The species is arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. ...

'' (Cleft-headed juliomys) *''

Juliomys ximenezi ''Juliomys'' is a genus of South American rodents of the family Cricetidae. Five species are known, all found in Argentina and Brazil. They are as follows: *''Juliomys anoblepas ''Juliomys anoblepas'' is a rodent in the genus ''Juliomys'' of the ...

'' (Aracuaria Forest tree mouse)

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