Oecomys auyantepui

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Oecomys auyantepui
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oecomys
Species: O. auyantepui
Binomial name
Oecomys auyantepui
Tate, 1939

Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan Oecomys[2] and north Amazonian arboreal rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil.[1] It is an arboreal rodent known from the understory of primary rainforest, found at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

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