Magdalena Rat

Magdalena Rat Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Tribe:	Neotomini
Genus:	Xenomys Merriam, 1892
Species:	X. nelsoni
Binomial name
Xenomys nelsoni Merriam, 1892

The Magdalena Rat (Xenomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is the only species in the genus Xenomys. It is endemic to Colima and southwest Jalisco, Mexico, where it is found in coastal lowland forests at elevations up to 450 m.^[1] The species is arboreal and nocturnal.^[1] It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation and development.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). "Xenomys nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/23115. Retrieved 05 March 2011. 
2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1086. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000522.