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..
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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
_____________________________ 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
___________________________ 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
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