Oecomys speciosus

Oecomys speciosus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. speciosus
Binomial name
Oecomys speciosus (J.A. Allen and Chapman, 1893)

Oecomys speciosus, also known as the Savannah Oecomys,^[2] Arboreal Rice Rat,^[1] or Venezuelan Arboreal Rice Rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in open habitats from northeastern Colombia to much of Venezuela, including the island of Trinidad.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gómez-Laverde et al., 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
• 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, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000762.