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Melanomys caliginosus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Melanomys

Higher classification
  
Melanomys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Melanomys caliginosus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Melanomys, Alfaro's Rice Rat, Talamancan Rice Rat, Bolivar Rice Rat, Mammal

Melanomys caliginosus, also known as the dusky melanomys or dusky rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Melanomys of family Cricetidae. It is found from Central America, in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, into South America, where it occurs in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. Populations currently classified under M. caliginosus may in fact include more than one species.

Literature cited

  • Anderson, R.P., Gómez-Laverde, M. and Timm, R. 2008. Melanomys caliginosus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 15, 2009.
  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0

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