Megaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer 1964)

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 : 1125

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scientific name	Megaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer 1964)
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Megaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer 1964) View in CoL

[Megalomys] curioi Niethammer 1964 , Mammalia, 28: 596.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Galápagos Isls, Indefatigable Isl (= Santa Cruz), volcanic tube 3 km N Academy Bay (as corrected by Hutterer and Oromi, 1993:67).

Vernacular Names: Galapagos Giant Rat.

Distribution: Known only from late Quaternary and subfossil cave deposits (precise age indeterminate) on Santa Cruz Isl.

Conservation: Dead but not forgotten.

Discussion: Lectotype designated by Steadman and Ray (1982:6). See Hutterer and Oromi (1993) for commentary on varied renditions of the type locality, morphological redescription based on new samples, and discussion of the taxon’s very recent extinction given its recovery with bones of Nesoryzomys and Mus .

References

Hutterer, R., and P. Oromi. 1993. La rata gigante de la Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos: Algunos datos y problemas. Resultados Cientificos del Proyecto Galapagos, Patrimonio de la Humanidad, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Tenerife, 4: 63 - 76.

Niethammer, J. 1964. Contribution a la connaissance des mammiferes terrestres de l'ile Indefatigable (= Santa Cruz), Galapagos. Resultats de l'expedition Allemagne aux Galapagos 1962 / 63. Mammalia, 28: 593 - 606.

Steadman, D. W., and C. E. Ray. 1982. The relationships of Megoryzomys curoi, an extinct cricetine rodent (Muroidea: Muridae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleontology, 51: 1 - 23.