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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} |
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| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1902 |
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| type_species = ''[[Melanomys caliginosus|Oryzomys phaeopus]]'' |
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'''''Melanomys''''' is a genus of [[rodent]] in the tribe [[Oryzomyini]] of family [[Cricetidae]], 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. |
'''''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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==References== |
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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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| 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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