Oecomys auyantepui
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
- ↑ Musser and Carleton, 2005
- ↑ Duff and Lawson, 2004
Literature cited
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Weksler, M. and Bonvicino, C. 2008. Oecomys auyantepui. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.
