Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Cricetidae Scientific name Hylaeamys perenensis | Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Genus Hylaeamys Rank Species | |
Similar MacConnell's Rice Rat, Elegant Oryzomys, Hylaeamys | ||
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.
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