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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} |
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| fossil_range = Recent |
| fossil_range = Recent |
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| regnum = [[Animal|Animalia]] |
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| image = Melanomys caliginosus skull Goldman.png |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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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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| classis = [[Mammal|Mammalia]] |
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| image_caption = Skull of ''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]'' from Cerro Azul, Panama. |
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| ordo = [[Rodent]]ia |
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| taxon = Melanomys |
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| familia = [[Cricetidae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Sigmodontinae]] |
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| type_species = ''[[Melanomys caliginosus|Oryzomys phaeopus]]'' |
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| tribus = [[Oryzomyini]] |
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| genus = '''''Melanomys''''' |
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| subdivision_ranks = Species |
| subdivision_ranks = Species |
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| subdivision = |
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''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]''<br> |
''[[Melanomys caliginosus]]''<br> |
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''[[Melanomys robustulus]]''<br> |
''[[Melanomys robustulus]]''<br> |
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''[[Melanomys zunigae]]'' |
''[[Melanomys zunigae]]'' |
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'''''Melanomys''''' is a genus of [[rodent]] in the tribe [[Oryzomyini]] of family [[Cricetidae]], which is distributed in northern [[List of |
'''''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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==Literature cited== |
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*Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 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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==References== |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas]] |
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[[pt:Melanomys]] |
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] |
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[[zh:黑鼠屬]] |
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Melanomys Temporal range:
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Skull of Melanomys caliginosus from Cerro Azul, Panama. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
Genus: | Melanomys Thomas, 1902 |
Type species | |
Oryzomys phaeopus | |
Species | |
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.