Melanomys zunigae
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Melanomys
Species:
M. zunigae
Binomial name
Melanomys zunigae
( Sanborn, 1949)
Synonyms
  • Oryzomys zunigae Sanborn, 1949

Melanomys zunigae, also known as Zuniga's melanomys or Zuniga's dark rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Melanomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from a small region of coastal Peru, it is listed as "critically endangered" by the IUCN and may even be extinct.

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