Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes 1860)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1125

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scientific name	Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes 1860)
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[Melanomys] caliginosus (Tomes 1860) , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 263.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Esmeraldas.

Vernacular Names: Dusky Melanomys.

Synonyms: Melanomys affinis (J. A. Allen 1912) ; Melanomys buenavistae J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys chrysomelas (J. A. Allen 1897) ; Melanomys columbianus (J. A. Allen 1899) ; Melanomys idoneus (Goldman 1912) ; Melanomys lomitensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys monticola (J. A. Allen 1912) ; Melanomys obscurior ( Thomas 1894) ; Melanomys olivinus (Thomas 1902) ; Melanomys oroensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys phaeopus ( Thomas 1894) ; Melanomys tolimensis J. A. Allen 1913 ; Melanomys vallicola J. A. Allen 1913 .

Distribution: Central American lowlands from easternmost Honduras through Panamá; in South America, N and W Colombia, including the Chocó (see Cadena et al., 1998), to SW Ecuador and NW Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Chromosomal complement described by Gardner and Patton (1976).