Nesoryzomys fernandinae, also known as the Fernandina nesoryzomys,[2] Fernandina rice rat,[1] or Fernandina Galápagos mouse,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Nesoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only on Fernandina in the Galápagos Islands (part of Ecuador), which it shares with N. narboroughi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1] The conservation status of this endemic species continues to be investigated.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Nesoryzomys |
| Species: | N. fernandinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Nesoryzomys fernandinae Hutterer and Hirsch, 1979
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References
edit- ^ a b c Dowler, R.; Weksler, M. (2018). "Nesoryzomys fernandinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14707A22390507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14707A22390507.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
- ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004
- ^ Fritz Trillmich (1986). "The future of the Fernandina rice rats: extinction or captive breeding?". Notícias de Galápagos. 44: 15–16.
Literature cited
edit- 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
- 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
- Tirira, D., Dowler, R., Boada, C. and Weksler, M. 2008. Nesoryzomys fernandinae. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.
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