Tanyuromys aphrastus
Tanyuromys aphrastus, known as the long-tailed sigmodontomys,[2] Harris's rice water rat,[1] or the long-tailed rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known from Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador.[1] In 2012, it was reassigned to its current genus from Sigmodontomys.[4]
| Tanyuromys aphrastus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Tanyuromys |
| Species: | T. aphrastus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanyuromys aphrastus Harris, 1932 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sigmodontomys aphrastus | |
References
- Samudio, R., Pino, J., Timm, R. and Woodman, N. 2008. Sigmodontomys aphrastus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 29, 2009.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
- Pine, Ronald H.; Timm, R.M.; Wecksler, M. (June 2012). "A newly recognized clade of trans-Andean Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with description of a new genus". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (3): 851–870. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-296.1.
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