Megalomys curazensis is a species of rodent from the Late Pleistocene (400,000 to 130,000 years ago) of the island of Curaçao, off northwestern Venezuela.McFarlane and Lundberg, 2002, p.278 It is a member of the genus Megalomys, which also includes species from other islands of the Lesser Antilles.Hooijer, 1959 It is known from abundant but fragmentary material found throughout the island.De Buisonjé, 1974
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Bibliography Buisonjé, P.H. de. 1974. Neogene and Quaternary geology of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Uitgaven "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen" 74:1–291. Hooijer, D.A. 1959. Fossil rodents from Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 35:1–27.