| Nesoryzomys swarthi | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Nesoryzomys |
| Species: | N. swarthi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesoryzomys swarthi Orr, 1938 |
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Nesoryzomys swarthi, also known as the Santiago Nesoryzomys[2] or Santiago Galápagos Mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Nesoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only on Santiago in the Galápagos Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]
It was considered extinct since it was last recorded in 1906, but was rediscovered in 1997. A smaller, related rice rat was also rediscovered—the Fernandina Rice Rat (Nesoryzomys fernandinae) on Fernandina.[3]
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