Melanomys zunigae

Melanomys zunigae
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Melanomys
Species:	M. zunigae
Binomial name
Melanomys zunigae (Sanborn, 1949)
Synonyms
Oryzomys zunigae Sanborn, 1949

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Zeballos and Vivar, 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Zeballos, H. and Vivar, E. 2008. Melanomys zunigae. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 15, 2009.