Megalomys curazensis
Extinct species of rodent
Megalomys curazensis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.4–0.13 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | †Megalomys |
Species: | †M. curazensis |
Binomial name | |
†Megalomys curazensis Hooijer, 1959 |
Megalomys curazensis is a species of rodent from the Late Pleistocene (400,000 to 130,000 years ago) of the island of Curaçao, off northwestern Venezuela.[1] It is a member of the genus Megalomys, which also includes species from other islands of the Lesser Antilles.[2] It is known from abundant but fragmentary material found throughout the island.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Buisonjé, P.H. de. 1974. Neogene and Quaternary geology of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Uitgaven "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen" 74:1–291.
- Hooijer, D.A. 1959. Fossil rodents from Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 35:1–27.
- McFarlane, D.A.; Lundberg, J. (2002), "A Middle Pleistocene age and biogeography for the extinct rodent Megalomys curazensis from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles." (PDF), Caribbean Journal of Science, 38: 278–281, retrieved 2017-08-14
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Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
- †M. audreyae
- †M. curazensis
- †M. desmarestii
- †M. georginae
- †M. luciae
- O. albiventer
- †O. antillarum
- O. couesi
- O. dimidiatus
- O. gorgasi
- †O. nelsoni
- O. palustris
- O. peninsulae