Biology:Mindomys
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Mindomys | |
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| Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
| Genus: | Mindomys Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mindomys hammondi (Thomas, 1913)
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| Species | |
Mindomys is a genus of sigmodontine rodents in the family Cricetidae. It includes two species known only from Ecuador, Hammond's rice rat (Mindomys hammondi) and the Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku).[1]:16[2]
See also
- List of mammals of Ecuador
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.R.; Voss, R.S. (2006). "Ten New Genera of Oryzomyine Rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537): 1–29.
- ↑ Brito, J.; Koch, C.; Tinoco, N.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2022). "A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents". Evolutionary Systematics 6 (1): 35–55. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.76879.
Wikidata ☰ Q16895937 entry
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