Oecomys auyantepui

Oecomys auyantepui
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. auyantepui
Binomial name
Oecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939

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]

The nematode Guerrerostrongylus marginalis is an intestinal parasite of O. auyantepui.^[5]

References

Literature cited

• 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.