Melanomys

Melanomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae,[1] which is distributed in northern South America and adjacent Central America. It contains three species, two of which—Melanomys robustulus and Melanomys zunigae—have limited distributions. The third, Melanomys caliginosus, is more widely distributed, but may be a species complex.

Melanomys
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Skull on black background. Seen from above on the left, with text "4"; seen from below on the right, with text "4a".
Skull of Melanomys caliginosus from Cerro Azul, Panama.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Melanomys
Thomas, 1902
Type species
Oryzomys phaeopus
Species

Melanomys caliginosus
Melanomys robustulus
Melanomys zunigae

References
  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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