Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.4–0.13 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
Genus:
†Megalomys
Species:
†M. curazensis
Binomial name
†Megalomys curazensis
Hooijer, 1959
Megalomys curazensis is a species of rodent from the Late Pleistocene (400,000 to 130,000 years ago) 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]
^McFarlane and Lundberg, 2002, p.278
^Hooijer, 1959
^De Buisonjé, 1974
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