Nelsonia (rodent)

Nelsonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Tribe:	Neotomini
Genus:	Nelsonia Merriam, 1897
Type species
Nelsonia neotomodon Merriam, 1897
Species
Nelsonia goldmani Merriam, 1903 Nelsonia neotomodon Merriam, 1897

Nelsonia is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found in Mexico. It contains the following species:

• Goldman's diminutive woodrat (Nelsonia goldmani)
• Diminutive woodrat (Nelsonia neotomodon)

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.