Aegialomys galapagoensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

• Published in: Mammalian Species
• Main Authors: Prado, Joyce R, Percequillo, Alexandre R
• Other Authors: Solari, Sergio, Hamilton, Meredith J, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, American Museum of Natural History, U.S. Natural History Museum, Field Museum and Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Galapagos; Waterhouse; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sez013; http://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article-pdf/51/981/92/30140141/sez013.pdf

Abstract Aegialomys galapagoensis (Waterhouse, 1839) is a sigmodontine rodent commonly called the Galapagos rice rat. It is a medium-sized rodent, characterized by dense, soft, yellow or copper, weakly grizzled pelage; the dorsum is grayish or brownish and the ventral pelage is pale. It is endemic t...