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]
Euryoryzomys macconnelli | |
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Euryoryzomys distribution | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Euryoryzomys |
Species: | E. macconnelli
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Binomial name | |
Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)
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Synonyms | |
Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910 |
References
edit- ^ a b Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Euryoryzomys macconnelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15605A22329172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15605A22329172.en.
- ^ Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X.
- ^ a b Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
- ^ Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R.S. (2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. 3537. American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:tngoor]2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/5815.