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Interchange near the end of the Miocene,
about 5
million years ago.
Sigmodontines proceeded to
diversify explosively in the
formerly isolated continent...
- curioi, also
known as the Galápagos
giant rat, is an
extinct species of
sigmodontine rodent,
known only from
Santa Cruz
Island in the Galápagos Islands. It...
- The Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku) is a
species of
sigmodontine rodent in the
tribe Oryzomyini found in the
isolated Kutukú
Mountains of
eastern Ecuador...
- Franck; Ortiz,
Pablo E.; Pardiñas,
Ulyses F.J. (2018). "The
oldest sigmodontine rodent revisited and the age of the
first South American cricetids"....
- ; González, E.M.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2003). "Phylogenetic
analysis of
sigmodontine rodents (Muroidea), with
special reference to the
akodont genus Deltamys"...
-
invasion of
sigmodontines preceded formation of the land
bridge by at
least several million years,
probably occurring via rafting.
Sigmodontines diversified...
- Pardiñas’
Andean mouse (Thomasomys pardignasi) is a
species of
sigmodontine rodent in the
family Cricetidae known from the
Cordillera del Cóndor and Cordillera...
-
archipelago is also an
important site for
breeding seabirds. An
endemic sigmodontine rodent (Noronhomys vespuccii),
mentioned by
Amerigo Vespucci, is now...
-
Antonio Brack's
Oldfield mouse (Thomasomys antoniobracki) is a
species of
sigmodontine rodent in the
family Cricetidae known from Peru. The
species is named...
-
giant rat is an
exceptionally large rat, the
largest living species of
sigmodontine rodent, with
short limbs and
powerful claws. Nonetheless, individuals...
