Oecomys cleberi

Oecomys cleberi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oecomys
Species:
O. cleberi
Binomial name
Oecomys cleberi
Locks, 1981

Oecomys cleberi, also known as Cleber's oecomys[2] or Cleber's arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from the Federal District in Brazil, its taxonomic status relative to O. concolor and O. paricola is unresolved.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Costa et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

  • Costa, L., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M. and Paglia, A. 2008. Oecomys cleberi. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 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


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