- Source: Nesoryzomys
Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, 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. (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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Takson Lazarus
- Daftar genus mamalia
- Nesoryzomys darwini
- Nesoryzomys indefessus
- Nesoryzomys
- New World rats and mice
- Nesoryzomys swarthi
- Nesoryzomys fernandinae
- Nesoryzomys narboroughi
- List of animals in the Galápagos Islands
- IUCN Red List of extinct species
- Galápagos Islands xeric scrub
