Hylaeamys perenensis
| Hylaeamys perenensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. perenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeamys perenensis (J.A. Allen, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys perenensis J.A. Allen, 1901 | |
Hylaeamys perenensis, formerly Oryzomys perenensis, also known as the western Amazonian oryzomys, is an oryzomyine rodent of the family Cricetidae.
It is found in western Amazonia (southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil).
It has an omnivorous diet and is nocturnal, terrestrial, and nonsocial. It is commonly found along rivers.
References
- ↑ Weksler, M. & Tirira, D. (2008). Hylaeamys perenensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005), "Superfamily Muroidea", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 894–1531, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 11 October 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.
- Infonatura
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