Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan oecomys[2] and north Amazonian arboreal rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana,[4] and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil.[1] It is an arboreal rodent known from the understory of primary rainforest, found at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m.[1]
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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. auyantepui
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939
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The nematode Guerrerostrongylus marginalis is an intestinal parasite of O. auyantepui.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
- ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
- ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004
- ^ Catzeflis et al, 2014
- ^ Weirich, Jessica M.; Catzeflis, François; Jiménez, F. Agustín (2016). "Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana". Parasite. 23: 9. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016009. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 4783586. PMID 26956220.
Literature cited
edit- Catzeflis F., Barrioz S., Szpigel JF, de Thoisy B. 2014. Marsupiaux et Rongeurs de Guyane. Édition Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, 128 p. ISBN 978-2-9502480-1-5.
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Weksler, M.; Bonvicino, C.R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Oecomys auyantepui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136624A115210627. Retrieved 23 December 2019.