Nesoryzomys darwini
Nesoryzomys darwini, also known as Darwin's nesoryzomys[2] or Darwin's Galápagos mouse,[3] is an extinct species of rodent in the genus Nesoryzomys.[4]
| Nesoryzomys darwini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Nesoryzomys |
| Species: | †N. darwini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nesoryzomys darwini Osgood, 1929 | |
Distribution and habitat
N. darwini was endemic to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It was probably nocturnal and inhabited burrows or rock crevices under bushes.
Extinction
Only four specimens exist, collected by Frank Wonder between 12 and 16 January 1929. This extinction may have been caused by competition from (and disease spread by) the introduction of invasive brown and black rats. The other Nesoryzomys known from Santa Cruz, Nesoryzomys indefessus, is also extinct; other species of the genus survive on different islands.[5]
References
- Tirira, D.G. & Weksler, M. 2019. Nesoryzomys darwini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T14706A22390382. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T14706A22390382.en. Accessed on 07 November 2022.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
- Flannery, Tim Fridtjof; Schouten, Peter (2001). A gap in nature: discovering the world's extinct animals (1st American ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-797-5.
- Dowler, R.C., Carroll, D.S. and Edwards, C.W. 2000. Rediscovery of rodents (Genus Nesoryzomys) considered extinct in the Galápagos Islands. Oryx 34(2):109–118. ISSN 0030-6053
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