Melanomys zunigae
Species of rodent
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melanomys zunigae, also known as Zuniga's melanomys[2] or Zuniga's dark rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Melanomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from a small region of coastal Peru, it is listed as "critically endangered" by the IUCN and may even be extinct.[1]
| Melanomys zunigae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Melanomys |
| Species: | M. zunigae |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanomys zunigae (Sanborn, 1949) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
