Euryoryzomys legatus

Species of rodent

Euryoryzomys legatus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Euryoryzomys
Species:
E. legatus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys legatus
(Thomas, 1925)
Synonyms

Oryzomys legatus Thomas, 1925
[Euryoryzomys] legatus Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys legatus, also known as the Tarija oryzomys[2] or big-headed rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It now belongs to the genus Euryoryzomys, having previously been placed in Oryzomys. It is found in the eastern Andes of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia.

References

  1. ^ Jayat, J. (2016). "Euryoryzomys legatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15603A22329075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15603A22329075.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. ^ Vargas et al., 2008

Literature cited

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). New York: American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 84088556.
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Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
AegialomysAgathaeromysAmphinectomysCarletonomysCerradomysDrymoreomysEremoryzomysEuryoryzomysHandleyomysHolochilusHylaeamysLundomysMegalomysMelanomysMicroakodontomysMicroryzomysMindomysNeacomysNectomysNephelomysNesoryzomysNoronhomysOecomysOligoryzomysOreoryzomysOryzomysPennatomysPseudoryzomysReigomysScolomysSigmodontomysSooretamysTransandinomysZygodontomysIncertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Euryoryzomys legatus
Oryzomys legatus


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