Oecomys speciosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
Oecomys speciosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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)
|
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]