The Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku) is a species of sigmodontine rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini found in the isolated Kutukú Mountains of eastern Ecuador.[1]
Kutukú rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Mindomys |
Species: | M. kutuku
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Binomial name | |
Mindomys kutuku Molina, Koch, Tinoco & Pardiñas, 2022
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See also
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- ^ Brito, J.; Koch, C.; Tinoco, N.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2022). "A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents". Evolutionary Systematics. 6 (1): 35–55. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.76879. S2CID 247185793.