Oecomys
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oecomys
Species (22): O. auyantepui – O. bicolor – O. catherinae – O. cleberi – O. concolor – O. flavicans – O. franciscorum – O. galvez – O. jamari – O. makampi – O. mamorae – O. matogrossensis – O. nanus – O. paricola – O. phaeotis – O. rex – O. roberti – O. rutilus – O. speciosus – O. superans – O. sydandersoni – O. trinitatis
Name
edit- Type species: Rhipidomys benevolens Thomas, 1901, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Thomas, O. 1906. Notes on South- American rodents. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 18: 442–448. DOI: 10.1080/00222930608562646 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., Salazar-Bravo, J., Myers, P. & Galliari, C.A. 2016. A new species of arboreal rat, genus Oecomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Chaco. Journal of Mammalogy 97(4): 1177–1196. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw070 Reference page.
- Saldanha, J., Semedo, T.B.F., Mendonça, R.F.B., Lima-Silva, L.G., Messias, M.R., Sampaio, I., Brandão, M.V. & Rossi, R.V. 2023. Unveiling hidden diversity of Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Brazilian Central Amazonia: description of a new species and new lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 21(1): 2259037. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2259037 Reference page.
- Voss, R.S., Fleck, D.W. & Giarla, T.C. 2019. Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 5. Rodents. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 446: 1–176. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.466.1.1 Reference page.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Arboreal Rice Rats