Melanomys chrysomelas - #5801
Black-and-yellow Rice Rat
Formerly Melanomys caliginosus.
Geographic Distribution
SW Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Melanomys
Specific Epithet
chrysomelas
Image Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas province, Drake Bay
Image Date
6 July 2012
Photographer
CR Scharf