| Oecomys | |
|---|---|
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| Skull of Oecomys trinitatis from Corozal, Panama. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
| Genus: | Oecomys Thomas, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Rhipidomys benevolens | |
| Species | |
Oecomys is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.[2] It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad.[2]
References
- ↑ Carleton et al., 2009
- 1 2 Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Literature cited
- Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.
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