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Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys
Galapagos-rice-rat-floreana.jpg
Dead from baiting program on Floreana island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Nesoryzomys
Heller, 1904
Species

Nesoryzomys darwini
Nesoryzomys fernandinae
Nesoryzomys indefessus
Nesoryzomys swarthi


Nesoryzomys darwini
Nesoryzomys fernandinae
Nesoryzomys indefessus
Nesoryzomys swarthi

Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Other rodents restricted to the Galápagos include Megaoryzomys curioi and Aegialomys galapagoensis.

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 . OCLC 62265494. 



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