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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} |
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| fossil_range = Recent |
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| color = pink |
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| image = Melanomys caliginosus skull Goldman.png |
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| image_alt = Skull on black background. Seen from above on the left, with text "4"; seen from below on the right, with text "4a". |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| image_caption = Skull of ''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]'' from Cerro Azul, Panama. |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| taxon = Melanomys |
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| classis = [[Mammalia]] |
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| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1902 |
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| ordo = [[Rodentia]] |
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| type_species = ''[[Melanomys caliginosus|Oryzomys phaeopus]]'' |
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| familia = [[Muridae]] |
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| subdivision_ranks = Species |
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| genus = '''''Melanomys''''' |
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| subdivision = |
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''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]''<br> |
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''[[Melanomys robustulus]]''<br> |
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''[[Melanomys zunigae]]'' |
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'''''Melanomys''''' is a genus of [[rodent]] in the [[Muridae]] family. |
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'''''Melanomys''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] in the tribe [[Oryzomyini]] of family [[Cricetidae]],<ref>{{MSW3|id=13000698}}</ref> which is distributed in northern [[List of mammals of South America|South America]] and adjacent [[List of mammals of Central America|Central America]]. It contains three species, two of which—''[[Melanomys robustulus]]'' and ''[[Melanomys zunigae]]''—have limited distributions. The third, ''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]'', is more widely distributed, but may be a species complex. |
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It contains the following species: |
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* [[Dusky Rice Rat]] (''Melanomys caliginosus'') |
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==References== |
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* [[Robust Dark Rice Rat]] (''Melanomys robustulus'') |
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[[Category:Melanomys| ]] |
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[[Category:Rodent genera]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas]] |
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| Skull of Melanomys caliginosus from Cerro Azul, Panama. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
| Genus: | Melanomys Thomas, 1902 |
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| Oryzomys phaeopus | |
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Melanomys caliginosus | |
Melanomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae,[1] which is distributed in northern South America and adjacent Central America. It contains three species, two of which—Melanomys robustulus and Melanomys zunigae—have limited distributions. The third, Melanomys caliginosus, is more widely distributed, but may be a species complex.
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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