Roraima mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Akodontini |
Genus: | Podoxymys Anthony, 1929 |
Species: | P. roraimae |
Binomial name | |
Podoxymys roraimae Anthony, 1929 | |
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