Nesoryzomys fernandinae

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dowler, R. |author2=Weksler, M. |date=2018 |title=Nesoryzomys fernandinae |volume=2018 |page=e.T14707A22390507 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14707A22390507.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Nesoryzomys

| species = fernandinae

| authority = Hutterer and Hirsch, 1979

| synonyms =

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Nesoryzomys fernandinae, also known as the Fernandina nesoryzomys,Musser and Carleton, 2005 Fernandina rice rat, or Fernandina Galápagos mouse,Duff and Lawson, 2004 is a species of rodent in the genus Nesoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only on Fernandina in the Galápagos Islands (part of Ecuador), which it shares with N. narboroughi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The conservation status of this endemic species continues to be investigated.{{cite journal | url=https://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/publications/galapagos-research/noticias-de-galapagos-44 |author=Fritz Trillmich |year=1986 |title=The future of the Fernandina rice rats: extinction or captive breeding? |journal=Notícias de Galápagos |volume=44 |pages=15-16}}

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Literature cited

  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. {{ISBN|0-7136-6021-X}}
  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 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}}
  • Tirira, D., Dowler, R., Boada, C. and Weksler, M. 2008. {{IUCNlink|14707|Nesoryzomys fernandinae}}. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <[http://www.iucnredlist.org/ www.iucnredlist.org]>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.

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Category:Nesoryzomys

Category:Endemic fauna of the Galápagos Islands

Category:Mammals described in 1979

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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