| Oreoryzomys | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oreoryzomys Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006 |
| Species: | O. balneator |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreoryzomys balneator (Thomas, 1900) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys balneator Thomas, 1900 |
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Oreoryzomys balneator, also known as the Peruvian Rice Rat[1] or Ecuadoran Oryzomys,[2] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and northern Peru in cloud forest at elevations from 1500 to 1800 m.[1] It is the only species in the genus Oreoryzomys, which was included in Oryzomys until 2006.[3]
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