Oecomys auyantepui

Oecomys auyantepui
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. auyantepui
Binomial name
Oecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939

Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan Oecomys^[2] and North Amazonian Arboreal Rice Rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
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, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 071366021X
• 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
• Weksler, M. and Bonvicino, C. 2008. Oecomys auyantepui. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.