Hylaeamys perenensis

Hylaeamys perenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Hylaeamys
Species: H. perenensis
Binomial name
Hylaeamys perenensis
(J.A. Allen, 1901)
Synonyms

Oryzomys perenensis J.A. Allen, 1901
[Hylaeamys] perenensis: Weksler et al., 2006

Hylaeamys perenensis, formerly Oryzomys perenensis, also known as the western Amazonian oryzomys, is an oryzomyine rodent of the family Cricetidae.

It is found in western Amazonia (southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil).

It has an omnivorous diet and is nocturnal, terrestrial, and nonsocial. It is commonly found along rivers.

References

  1. Weksler, M.; Tirira, D. (2016). "Hylaeamys perenensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016 (errata version published in 2017): e.T136529A115209666. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136529A22327890.en. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  • 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. 1153. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815.
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