Nesoryzomys

Nesoryzomys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	Nesoryzomys Heller, 1904
Type species
Nesoryzomys narboroughi
Species
Nesoryzomys fernandinae Nesoryzomys narboroughi Nesoryzomys swarthi †Nesoryzomys darwini †Nesoryzomys indefessus

Nesoryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae,^[1] endemic to the Galápagos Islands. Five species have been described, with two of them considered extinct.

Other rodents restricted to the Galápagos include Megaoryzomys curioi and Aegialomys galapagoensis.

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Castañeda-Rico, S., Johnson, S. A., Clement, S. A., Dowler, R. C., Maldonado, J. E., & Edwards, C. W. (2019). Insights into the evolutionary and demographic history of the extant endemic rodents of the Galápagos Islands. Therya, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-873

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.