Oecomys speciosus

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Oecomys speciosus
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O. speciosus
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gómez-Laverde et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
  • Gómez-Laverde, M., Aguilera, M., Rivas, B., Ochoa, J., Woodman, N. and Emmons, L. 2008. Oecomys speciosus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.
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