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Sowbug rice rat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Hylaeamys oniscus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Hylaeamys

Rank
  
Species

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The sowbug rice rat (Hylaeamys oniscus), is a rodent species in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.

It occurs only in northeastern Brazil. It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.

Literature cited

  • Percequillo, A. and Langguth, A. 2008. Hylaeamys oniscus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. [1]. Viewed on October 31, 2009.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. 

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