Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Euryoryzomys macconnelli
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Euryoryzomys
Species: E. macconnelli
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys macconnelli
(Thomas, 1910)
Synonyms

Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910
Euryoryzomys macconelli: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys macconnelli, also known as MacConnell's Rice Rat[2] or MacConnell's Oryzomys,[3] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.[1] It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys, as Oryzomys macconnelli,[3] but in 2006 it was reclassified as the type species of the new genus Euryoryzomys.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Patton et al., 2008
  2. ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004
  3. ^ a b Musser and Carleton, 2005
  4. ^ Weksler et al., 2006

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