Megalomys camerhogne
Mistretta, Giovas, Weksler, & Turvey, 2021
Grenada Giant Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Megalomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Mistretta, B.A., Giovas, C.M., Weksler, M. and Turvey, S.T. 2021-04-07. Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 4951(3):434-460.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.2Original name as described
Megalomys camerhogne
Type material
GNMG A1-E-10-F1.S2
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Pearls, pre-Columbian archaeological site (associated AMS dates, 400–1650 ce); Unit E (100–110 centimetres below datum), dated to Saladoid–Barrancoid period (200–750 ce); Saint Andrew, Grenada (12.14573, -61.613847)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Grenada
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Mistretta, B. A., Giovas, C. M., Weksler, M., & Turvey, S. T. (2021). Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa, 4951(3), 434-460.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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