Synonyms

• Lasiomys Burmeister, 1854: 16

Type species: Lasiomys hirsutus Burmeister, 1854, by monotypy.

• Deilemys Saussure, 1860: 98

Type species: Hesperomys toltecus Saussure, 1860, by monotypy.

• Sigmomys Thomas, 1901: 150

Type species: Reithrodon alstoni Thomas, 1881, by original designation.

Primary references

• Say, T. & Ord, G. 1825. Description of a new species of Mammalia, whereon a new genus is proposed to be founded. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4: 352–355.
• Burmeister, H. 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens: welche während einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraës gesammelt oder beobachtet wurden von Dr. Hermann Burmeister. Säugethiere (Mammalia). Berlin: George Reimer, 1: x + 342 pp. BHL
• Saussure, H. 1860. Note sur quelques mammifères du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée, series 2, 12: 1–11, 53–57, 97–110, 241–254, 271–293, 366–383, 425–431, 479–494, 4 pls.
• Thomas, O. 1901. On a collection of mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 8: 139–154. BHL

Additional references

• Bailey, V. 1902. Synopsis of the North American species of Sigmodon. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15: 101–116. BHL
• Voss, R.S. 1992. A revision of the South American species of Sigmodon (Mammalia, Muridae) : with notes on their natural history and biogeography. American Museum Novitates 3050: 1–56. Full article
• Peppers, L.L., Carroll, D.S. & Bradley, R.D. 2002. Molecular systematics of the genus Sigmodon (Rodentia: Muridae): evidence from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Journal of Mammalogy 83(2): 396–407. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0396:MSOTGS>2.O.CO;2
• Carroll, D.S. & Bradley, R.D. 2005. Systematics of the genus Sigmodon: DNA sequences from beta-fibrinogen and cyto-chrome b. Southwestern Naturalist 50(3): 342–349. DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0342:SOTGSD]2.0.CO;2
• Henson, D.D. & Bradley, R.D. 2009. Molecular systematics of the genus Sigmodon: results from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87(3): 211–220. DOI: 10.1139/Z09-005

Links

• Sigmodon in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.