Hylaeamys oniscus

Hylaeamys oniscus
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Hylaeamys
Species:	H. oniscus
Binomial name
Hylaeamys oniscus (Thomas, 1904)
Synonyms
Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904 [Hylaeamys] oniscus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Hylaeamys oniscus, also known as the Sowbug Rice Rat,^[1] is a rodent species in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus. It occurs only in northeastern Brazil. It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Percequillo and Langguth, 2008

Literature cited

• Percequillo, A. and Langguth, A. 2008. Hylaeamys oniscus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. [1]. Viewed on October 31, 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.