Melanomys Thomas 1902

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Melanomys Thomas 1902

The genus Melanomys comprises six species, M. caliginosus (Tomes 1860) , M. chrysomelas (Goldman 1918) , M. columbianus (Allen 1899) , M. idoneus (Goldman 1918) , M. robustulus (Thomas 1914) , and M. zunigae (Sanborn 1949) . The species of the genus were found in lowland or lower montane forested habitats in Central America from Honduras to Panama, and south to north-western South America, in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and westernmost Venezuela ( Musser & Carleton 2005; Hanson & Bradley 2008; Prado & Percequillo 2013; Weksler & Lóss 2015). There was cytogenetic information available only for two species, M. caliginosus and M. chrysomelas .