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Euryoryzomys legatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Euryoryzomys

Higher classification
  
Euryoryzomys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Euryoryzomys legatus

Rank
  
Species

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Euryoryzomys legatus, also known as the Tarija oryzomys or big-headed rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It belongs to the genus Euryoryzomys, having previously been placed in Oryzomys. It is found in the eastern Andes of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia.

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.
  • Vargas, J., Weksler, M., Jayat, J.P. & Patterson, B. 2008. Euryoryzomys legatus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 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. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. 

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