Biology:Oecomys speciosus
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. speciosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys speciosus (J.A. Allen and Chapman, 1893)
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Oecomys speciosus, also known as the savannah oecomys,[2] arboreal rice rat,[1] or Venezuelan arboreal rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It ranges over northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela, including the island of Trinidad.[1] This rodent lives in tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest, including secondary forest and gallery forest, as well as in savanna habitat.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN:0-7136-6021-X.
- Gómez-Laverde, M.; Aguilera, M.; Rivas, B.; Ochoa, J.; Woodman, N.; Emmons, L. (2016). "Oecomys speciosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15141A115125468. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15141/115125468. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1138. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000762.
Wikidata ☰ Q1770142 entry
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