Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Euryoryzomys macconnelli
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. macconnelli
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)
Synonyms
Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910 Euryoryzomys macconelli: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys macconnelli, also known as MacConnell's Rice Rat^[2] or MacConnell's Oryzomys,^[3] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.^[1] It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys, as Oryzomys macconnelli,^[3] but in 2006 it was reclassified as the type species of the new genus Euryoryzomys.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Patton et al., 2008
2. ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004
3. ^ ^{a b} Musser and Carleton, 2005
4. ^ Weksler et al., 2006

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. 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
• Patton, J., Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M. and Percequillo, A. 2008. Euryoryzomys macconnelli. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 November 2009.
• Weksler, M., A. R. Percequillo, and R.S. Voss. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.