Oecomys cleberi, also known as Cleber's oecomys[2] or Cleber's arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from the Federal District in Brazil, its taxonomic status relative to O. concolor and O. paricola is unresolved.[1]
| Oecomys cleberi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. cleberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys cleberi Locks, 1981
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References
editLiterature cited
edit- Costa, L., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M. and Paglia, A. 2008. Oecomys cleberi. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
- 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