Euryoryzomys lamia

Euryoryzomys lamia, also known as the buffy-sided oryzomys[2] or monster rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Brazil, where it lives in forest enclaves within the cerrado.[1] The species' known altitudinal range is from 700 to 900 m.[1] The main threats to its survival are the destruction and fragmentation of its forest habitat.[1]

Euryoryzomys lamia
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. lamia
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys lamia (Thomas, 1901)
Distribution of several Euryoryzomys species     Euryoryzomys lamia
Synonyms
Oryzomys lamia Thomas, 1901 [Euryoryzomys] lamia Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

References

1. Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2018). "Euryoryzomys lamia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2018: e.T15602A739675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T15602A739675.en. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1149. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2008). "Euryoryzomys lamia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T15602A4890429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15602A4890429.en.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082.