Oecomys speciosus

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Kingdom Animalia Order Rodentia Genus Oecomys Higher classification Oecomys		Phylum Chordata Family Cricetidae Scientific name Oecomys speciosus Rank Species
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Oecomys speciosus, also known as the savannah oecomys, arboreal rice rat, or Venezuelan arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It ranges over northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela, including the island of Trinidad. This rodent lives in tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest, including secondary forest and gallery forest, as well as in savanna habitat.

Literature cited

Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X

Gómez-Laverde, M., Aguilera, M., Rivas, B., Ochoa, J., Woodman, N. and Emmons, L. 2008. Oecomys speciosus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.

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. 1138. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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