Mindomys
Appearance
Mindomys | |
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Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku) | |
Scientific classification | |
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
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.R.; Voss, R.S. (2006). "Ten New Genera of Oryzomyine Rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537): 1–29. hdl:2246/5815.
- ^ 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.