delicate salt flat mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Distinguish|text=the little native mouse (Pseudomys delicatulus) of Australia or the delicate mouse (Mus tenellus) of Africa}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Delicate salt flat mouse

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pardinas, U. |author2=Jayat, J. |date=2019 |title=Salinomys delicatus |volume=2019 |page=e.T136228A22335800 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136228A22335800.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Salinomys

| parent_authority = Braun & Mares, 1995

| species = delicatus

| authority = Braun & Mares, 1995

}}

The delicate salt flat mouse{{cite book | last1 = Lanzone | first1 = C. | last2 = Braun | first2 = J. K. | editor1-last = Patton | editor1-first = J. L. | editor2-last = Pardiñas | editor2-first = U. F. J. | editor3-last = D’Elía | editor3-first = G. | editor1-link = James L. Patton | title= Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mbjnBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA555 | date=9 March 2015 | publisher=University of Chicago Press | isbn=978-0226169606 | oclc = 921432000 | pages=555–556}} (Salinomys delicatus; {{langx|es| el ratón delicado de los salares}}{{cite journal|last1= Rodríguez|first1=Daniela|last2= Lanzone|first2=Cecilia|last3= Chillo|first3= Verónica|last4= Cuello|first4=Pablo A|last5= Albanese|first5= Soledad|last6= Ojeda|first6=Agustina A|last7= Ojeda|first7=Ricardo A|title=Natural history of a rare rodent of the Argentinean desert, Salinomys delicatus (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)|journal= Revista chilena de historia natural|volume= 85|issue=1|year= 2012|pages= 13–27|language= es|issn= 0716-078X|doi= 10.4067/S0716-078X2012000100002|doi-access= free|hdl= 11336/154555|hdl-access= free}}) is a sigmodontine rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is the only species in the genus Salinomys.{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000902 | page = 1172}} Its habitat is scrublands bordering salt flats (such as those of the Salinas Grandes) in the Monte Desert area of central western Argentina at elevations around 400 m.{{cite journal

| last = Braun | first = Janet K. |author2=Mares, Michael A.

| title = A new genus and species of phyllotine rodent (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae: Phyllotini) from South America

| journal = Journal of Mammalogy | volume = 76 | issue = 2 | pages = 504–521

| publisher = American Society of Mammalogists | date = May 1995

| doi = 10.2307/1382359| jstor = 1382359 }} The closest relatives of the species are the chaco mice (Andalgalomys).Steppan, S.J.; Ramirez, O.; Banbury, J.; et al. 2007. A molecular reappraisal of the systematics of the leaf-eared mice Phyllotis and their relatives. In: Kelt, D.A., E.P. Lessa, J. Salazar-Bravo & J.L. Patton (eds.), The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology. Volume 134, pp. 799–826. University of California Press, Berkeley. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9g62053v#page-812