Oecomys flavicans

Oecomys flavicans, also known as the tawny oecomys[2] or yellow arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in the mountains of northwestern Venezuela and nearby Colombia.[1]

Oecomys flavicans

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oecomys
Species:
O. flavicans
Binomial name
Oecomys flavicans
(Thomas, 1894)

References

  1. Gómez-Laverde and Rivas, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

  • Gómez-Laverde, M. and Rivas, B. 2008. Oecomys flavicans. 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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