Oecomys concolor
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. concolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys concolor Wagner,1845
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| Distribution ofOecomys concolor(in green) and related species (red,Oecomys sydandersoni;dark blue,Oecomys mamorae;light blue,Oecomysclose toO. mamorae).[2] | |
Oecomys concolor,also known as theunicolored oecomys,[3]unicolored rice rat,[1]orunicolored arboreal rice rat,[1]is a species ofrodentin the genusOecomysof familyCricetidae.It is found intropical rainforestin theAmazon biome,but its range is poorly documented; it has been recorded in northwesternBrazil,southeasternColombia,and southernVenezuela.[4]
References
[edit]Literature cited
[edit]- Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009.A new species of the rodent genusOecomys(Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions ofO. concolor(Wagner) andO. mamorae(Thomas).American Museum Novitates3661:1–32.
- Costa, L., Percequillo, A., Weksler, M., Langguth, A., Patton, J. and Catzeflis, F. 2008.Oecomys concolor.In IUCN.IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
- 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.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0