Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1136

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325354
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scientific name	Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999
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Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999 View in CoL

Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999 View in CoL , Am. Mus . Novit., 3256: 10.

Type Locality: Brazil, Territorio de Fernando de Noronha, Ilha Fernando de Noronha, beach dunes (late Quaternary) near Ponta de Santo Antonio; 03º50′S, 32º24′W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Vespucci's Rodent.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Discussion: Variation and morphological discrimination from Holochilus and Lundomys provided by Carleton and Olson (1999). Fragmentary historical archives tenuously indicate that this species was encountered by Amerigo Vespucci during his 1503 voyage to the New World and was extirpated soon thereafter (see Carleton and Olson, 1999:44-49).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae
SubFamily	Sigmodontinae
Genus	Noronhomys