Diminutive woodrat

Diminutive woodrat
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Nelsonia
Species: N. neotomodon
Binomial name
Nelsonia neotomodon
Merriam, 1897

The diminutive woodrat (Nelsonia neotomodon) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

References

  1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). Nelsonia neotomodon. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 25 Jule 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.