Transandinomys talamancae is a widespread and common rodent in the genus
Transandinomys that occurs from Costa Rica to southwestern Ecuador and
northern Venezuela. Its habitat is lowland forests up to an altitude of
1,525 m (5,003 ft). It is a medium-sized rice rat with soft fur,
reddish to brownish on the overparts and whitish on the underparts. The
ears and feet are long, and the tail is dark brown above and lighter
below. The whiskers are very long. The species was first described in
1891 by Joel Asaph Allen. It was considered to be conspecific with what
is now Hylaeamys megacephalus from the 1960s until the 1980s and was
then placed in the genus Oryzomys until 2006, when it was moved to its
current genus. This is a terrestrial nocturnal rat that eats plants and
insects. It breeds throughout the year, but few individuals survive for
more than a year. After a gestation of about 28 days, two to five young
are born, which reach sexual maturity within two months..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_maturity>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1724:
Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated in favour
of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became Louis I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain>
1907:
An earthquake registering 6.5 Mw struck Kingston, the capital
of Jamaica (damage pictured), resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Kingston_earthquake>
1960:
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and
banknote-issuing authority, was established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_Australia>
1970:
The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria
surrendered to the federal government less than three years after
declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
darkly:
1. With a dark appearance.
2. Faintly seen in the dark.
3. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
4. (figuratively) Mysteriously; forebodingly, ominously.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darkly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a
government. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Most certainly I am! I cannot
escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is
necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel
otherwise.
--Albert Schweitzer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer>