Fernandina Galapagos Mouse

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Fernandina Galapagos Mouse
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Nesoryzomys Species: N. fernandinae
Binomial name
Nesoryzomys fernandinae Hutterer & Hirsch, 1979

The Fernandina Galapagos Mouse or Fernandina Rice Rat (Nesoryzomys fernandinae) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] See also

• Fernandina Island Galapagos Mouse
• Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse

[edit] References

• Dowler, R.C., Carroll, D.S. & Edwards, C.W. 2000. Nesoryzomys fernandinae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.