Zuniga’s Dark Rice Rat (Melanomys zunigae)
Zuniga’s Dark Rice Rat is, or maybe was, restricted to a small area near the coast of the Lima Province in Peru.
The species reaches a length of 20 to 24 cm, including the tail.
The original habitat this species was adapted to is now highly overgrazed by introduced goats and the rat might already be extinct.
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edited: 29.04.2021
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
