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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oryzomys
SPECIES Oryzomys curasoae
| Author: | McFarlane and Debrot, 2001. | | Citation: | Caribbean J. Sci., 37: 182. | | Common Name: | Curaçao Oryzomys | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Curaçao Isl, fissure 30 m below north face of Tafelberg Santa Barbara. | | Distribution: | Known only from Curaçao Isl. | | Status: | Extinct; found in old owl-pellet deposits together with Rattus rattus, indicating that extinction transpired some time after initial European contact in 1499 (McFarlane and Debrot, 2001). | | Comments: | Described as belonging to Oryzomys, subgenus Oecomys, but the long incisive foramina, zygomatic notch, and deep posterolateral palatal pits of the figured specimen indicate an example of Oryzomys sensu stricto; generic confirmation is required. |
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