Biology:Hylaeamys oniscus

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Short description: Species of rodent

Hylaeamys oniscus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Hylaeamys
Species:
H. oniscus
Binomial name
Hylaeamys oniscus
(Thomas, 1904)
Synonyms

Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904
Hylaeamys oniscusWeksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Hylaeamys oniscus, the sowbug rice rat, is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.[1]

It occurs only in northeastern Brazil .[1] It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2359427 entry