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Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys
Scientific classification
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 genusofrodent 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[edit]

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 (eds.). 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.

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