Bicolored_arboreal_rice_rat

<i>Oecomys bicolor</i>

Oecomys bicolor

Species of rodent


Oecomys bicolor, also known as the white-bellied oecomys[2] or bicolored arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It has a wide distribution in the Amazon biome, occurring in northwestern Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, much of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, and extends into eastern Panama, but it may contain more than one species.[1]

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References

  1. Pino et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
  • Pino, J., Patton, J., Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M., Bonvicino, C., Costa, L. and Emmons, L. 2008. Oecomys bicolor. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.



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