†Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson 1999 (mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: M. D. Carleton and S. L. Olson. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256:1-59
Belongs to Noronhomys according to M. D. Carleton and S. L. Olson 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCP 3460-PV, a skeleton. Its type locality is Santo Antonio peninsula, Fernando de Noronha, which is in a Holocene eolian sandstone in Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Santo Antonio peninsula, Fernando de Noronha
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