Megalomys curazensis

Megalomys curazensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Megalomys
Species:	M. curazensis
Binomial name
Megalomys curazensis Hooijer, 1959

Megalomys curazensis is a species of rodent from the Pleistocene of the island of Curaçao, off northwestern Venezuela.^[1] It is a member of the genus Megalomys, which also includes species from other islands of the Lesser Antilles.^[2] It is known from abundant but fragmentary material found throughout the island.^[3]

References

1. ^ McFarlane and Lundberg, 2002
2. ^ Hooijer, 1959
3. ^ De Buisonjé, 1974

Literature cited

• Buisonjé, P.H. de. 1974. Neogene and Quaternary geology of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Uitgaven "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen" 74:1–291.
• Hooijer, D.A. 1959. Fossil rodents from Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 35:1–27.
• McFarlane, D.A. & Lundberg, J. 2002. A Middle Pleistocene age and biogeography for the extinct rodent Megalomys curazensis from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Sciences 38(3-4):278-281.