Oecomys

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Sigmodontinae Scientific name Oecomys Higher classification Sigmodontinae Order Rodent		Family Cricetidae Tribe Oryzomyini Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Oecomys bicolor, Oecomys concolor, Oecomys trinitatis, Oecomys roberti, Oecomys paricola

Oecomys is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad.

Oecomys MAMORE ARBOREAL RICE RAT Oecomys mamorae FAUNA PARAGUAY

Literature cited

Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.

Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0

Oecomys Figura 96 Roedores capturados en La Novia A Oecomys trinitatis

Oecomys Mammals on Earth Display research Mammals39Planet

Oecomys BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Oecomys genus

Oecomys Distribution of Oecomys catherinae Thomas 1909 Rodentia

References

Oecomys Wikipedia

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