San Martín Island woodrat
| San Martín Island woodrat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Neotoma |
| Species: | N. martinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotoma martinensis Goldman, 1905 | |
The San Martín Island woodrat (Neotoma martinensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was found only on San Martín Island, Baja California, Mexico. The primary threat to this species was predation by feral cats.
References
- ↑ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Neotoma martinensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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