Biology:Nesoryzomys

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Nesoryzomys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Nesoryzomys
Heller, 1904
Type species
Nesoryzomys narboroughi
Species

Nesoryzomys fernandinae
Nesoryzomys narboroughi
Nesoryzomys swarthi
Nesoryzomys darwini
Nesoryzomys indefessus

Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae,[1] endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Five species have been described, with two of them considered extinct.

Other rodents restricted to the Galápagos include Megaoryzomys curioi and Aegialomys galapagoensis.

References

Castañeda-Rico, S., Johnson, S. A., Clement, S. A., Dowler, R. C., Maldonado, J. E., & Edwards, C. W. (2019). Insights into the evolutionary and demographic history of the extant endemic rodents of the Galápagos Islands. Therya, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-873

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000734.  Wikidata ☰ Q1039133 entry