San Martín Island Woodrat

San Martín Island Woodrat
San Martín Island Woodrat
Conservation status
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 from feral cats.

References

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Neotoma martinensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 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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