Zuniga's Dark Rice Rat
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| Melanomys zunigae (Sanborn, 1949) |
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Oryzomys zunigae Sanborn, 1949 |
The Zuniga's Dark Rice Rat (Melanomys zunigae) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Peru.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Melanomys zunigae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.

