Oreoryzomys

Oreoryzomys
Oreoryzomys
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oreoryzomys
Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006
Species: O. balneator
Binomial name
Oreoryzomys balneator
(Thomas, 1900)
Synonyms

Oryzomys balneator Thomas, 1900
[Oreoryzomys] balneator: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Oreoryzomys balneator, also known as the Peruvian Rice Rat[1] or Ecuadoran Oryzomys,[2] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and northern Peru in cloud forest at elevations from 1500 to 1800 m.[1] It is the only species in the genus Oreoryzomys, which was included in Oryzomys until 2006.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tirira et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. ^ Weksler et al., 2006

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