Biology:Euryoryzomys

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Euryoryzomys
HesperomysSmit.jpg
Euryoryzomys nitidus (top) and Calomys laucha (bottom)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Euryoryzomys
Weksler et al., 2006
Type species
Oryzomys macconnelli
Thomas, 1910

Euryoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.[1] It includes seven species, which are distributed in South America.[1][2] Until 2006, its members were included in the genus Oryzomys, but they are not closely related to the type species of that genus, and therefore they were placed in a new genus.[1] They are most closely related to genera like Hylaeamys and Transandinomys; many members of these genera were previously placed in a single species, known as Oryzomys capito.[1] The genus name, Euryoryzomys, combines the name "Oryzomys" with the Ancient Greek word eurus "broad", referring to the broad range in distribution of the genus.[1]

It includes the following species:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q752973 entry