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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Melanomys |
Species: | M. zunigae
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Binomial name | |
Melanomys zunigae (
Sanborn, 1949)
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Melanomys zunigae, also known as Zuniga's melanomys [2] or Zuniga's dark rice rat, [1] is a species of rodent in the genus Melanomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from a small region of coastal Peru, it is listed as "critically endangered" by the IUCN and may even be extinct. [1]