''Zygodontomys brunneus'', also known as the brown zygodont, brown cane mouse, or Colombian cane mouse,Duff and Lawson, 2004 is a

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), 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 roden ...

species in the genus ''

Zygodontomys ''Zygodontomys'' is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae. Its closest relative may be ''Scolomys''. It ranges from Central America east to the Guianas. It contains two species: ''Zygodontomys brunneus'' and ''Zyg ...

'' of tribe

Oryzomyini Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of the family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera,Weksler et al., 2006, table 1 distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of ...

. It is found only in Colombia.

References

Literature cited

*Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. *Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. Zygodontomys Endemic fauna of Colombia Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1898 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Rodents of South America {{Sigmodontinae-stub