''Mindomys'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of sigmodontine

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s in the family

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and h ...

. It includes two species known only from

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

Hammond's rice rat ''Mindomys hammondi'', also known as Hammond's rice rat or Hammond's oryzomys,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1149 is an endangered species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Formerly considered to be related with ''Nect ...

(''Mindomys hammondi'') and the Kutukú rat (''Mindomys kutuku'').

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Oryzomyini Rodent genera Endemic fauna of Ecuador Mammals of Ecuador {{Sigmodontinae-stub

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