Nelsonia (rodent)

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Nelsonia
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Neotomini
Genus: Nelsonia
Merriam, 1897
Species

Nelsonia goldmani
Nelsonia neotomodon

Nelsonia is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found in Mexico. It contains the following species:

  • Goldman's Diminutive Woodrat (Nelsonia goldmani)
  • Diminutive Woodrat (Nelsonia neotomodon)

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.
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