Allen's woodrat
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Allen's woodrat Temporal range: Recent
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Genus: | Hodomys Merriam, 1894
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Species: | H. alleni
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Hodomys alleni (Merriam, 1892)
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Allen's woodrat (Hodomys alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is the only species in the genus Hodomys.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Hodomys alleni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.