Nesoryzomys

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Nesoryzomys Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Oryzomyini Genus: Nesoryzomys Heller, 1904
Species
†Nesoryzomys darwini Nesoryzomys fernandinae Nesoryzomys indefessus Nesoryzomys swarthi

Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It contains the following species:

• Darwin's Galapagos Mouse (Nesoryzomys darwini)
• Fernandina Galapagos Mouse (Nesoryzomys fernandinae)
• Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse (Nesoryzomys indefessus)
  • Fernandina Island Galapagos Mouse (Nesoryzomys indefessus narboroughi)
• Santiago Galapagos Mouse (Nesoryzomys swarthi)

[edit] References

• 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.