Oecomys paricola

Oecomys paricola, also known as the Brazilian oecomys,[2] Brazilian arboreal rice rat,[1] or South Amazonian arboreal rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in central Brazil south of the Amazon, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.[1]

Oecomys paricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oecomys
Species:
O. paricola
Binomial name
Oecomys paricola
Thomas, 1904

References

  1. Bonvicino, C.R.; Catzeflis, F.; Costa, L.P.; Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Oecomys paricola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15136A22369653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T15136A22369653.en.
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
  • 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
  • Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M., Costa, L. and Catzeflis, F. 2008. Oecomys paricola. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.


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