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Nesoryzomys swarthi Orr, 1938

Santiago Galápagos mouse

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1906

Rediscovered in 1997

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Dowler, R. C., Carroll, D. S. and Edwards, C. W. (2000). Rediscovery of rodents (Genus Nesoryzomys) considered extinct in the Galápagos Islands. Oryx 34: 109-118. [Abstract]

Dowler, Robert C. and Revelez, Marcia A. (2021). Chromosomal relationships among the native rodents (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Therya 12(2): 317-329.

Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]

Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.

Tirira, D., Dowler, R., Boada, C. and Weksler, M. (2008). Nesoryzomys swarthi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 April 2015.

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