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Hylaeamys tatei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Hylaeamys tatei

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Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Hylaeamys

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Species

Hylaeamys tatei, also known as Tate's oryzomys or Tate's rice rat, is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is known only from the eastern foothills of the Andes in central Ecuador, where it has been found at elevations from 1130 to 1520 m. H. tatei is most closely related to H. yunganus, which occurs throughout Amazonia. The species is found in tropical rainforest and is terrestrial and probably nocturnal. It is named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.

Literature cited

  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
  • Tirira, D. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Hylaeamys tatei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 June 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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