Sooretamys

Sooretamys
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	Sooretamys Weksler et al. 2006
Species:	S. angouya
Binomial name
*Sooretamys angouya* (Fischer, 1814)
Synonyms
Oryzomys angouya (Fischer, 1814) Oryzomys buccinatus (Olfers, 1818) Oryzomys ratticeps (Hensel, 1872) [Sooretamys] angouya: Weksler et al., 2006

Sooretamys angouya, also known as the Angouya Oryzomys,^[2] Rat-headed Rice Rat,^[3] and Paraguayan Rice Rat,^[3] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay in forested areas within the Atlantic Forest and cerrado.^[1] Since 2006, it has been classified as the only species in the genus Sooretamys; previously, it was included in the genus Oryzomys. Its taxonomic history has been complex, with the names Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys buccinatus, and Oryzomys ratticeps in use for various parts of the species at different times.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Percequillo et al., 2008
^ ^a ^b Musser and Carleton, 2005
^ ^a ^b Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 071366021X.
Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
Percequillo, C., Wecksler, M., Pardinas, U., D'Elia, G., Teta, P. and Patterson, B. 2008. Sooretamys. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 25, 2009.