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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Neotoma
--> SUBGENUS Neotoma
SPECIES Neotoma (Neotoma) chrysomelas
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1908. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 653. | | Common Name: | Nicaraguan Woodrat | | Type Locality: | Nicaragua, Matagalpa Dept., Matagalpa. | | Distribution: | NW Nicaragua, Honduras. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotoma, mexicana species group (sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). Hall (1981) suggested that chrysomelas is conspecific with N. mexicana, a proposal that should be considered apropos of a much needed revision of the latter. |
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