Nicaraguan woodrat

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Nicaraguan woodrat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Neotoma
Species:
N. chrysomelas
Binomial name
Neotoma chrysomelas

The Nicaraguan woodrat (Neotoma chrysomelas) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Honduras and Nicaragua.

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References

  1. Matson, J.; Emmons, L. (2016). "Neotoma chrysomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T14585A22371475. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14585A22371475.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.