Magdalena Rat

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Magdalena Rat
Fossil range: Recent
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Neotomini
Genus: Xenomys
Merriam, 1892
Species: X. nelsoni
Binomial name
Xenomys nelsoni
Merriam, 1892

The Magdalena Rat (Xenomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Mexico.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Xenomys nelsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.
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