Euryoryzomys lamia
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| Euryoryzomys lamia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Euryoryzomys |
| Species: | E. lamia |
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| Euryoryzomys lamia (Thomas, 1901) | |
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Oryzomys lamia Thomas, 1901 | |
Euryoryzomys lamia, also known as the Buffy-sided Oryzomys[2] or Monster Rice Rat[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Brazil, where it lives in the cerrado.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Percequillo, A. & Weksler, M. (2008). Euryoryzomys lamia. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (New York: American Museum of Natural History) 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.
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