Hylaeamys oniscus
Hylaeamys oniscus, the sowbug rice rat,[1] is a rodent species in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.
| Hylaeamys oniscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. oniscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeamys oniscus (Thomas, 1904) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904 | |
It occurs only in northeastern Brazil. It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.
References
- Percequillo, A. & Roach, N. 2017. Hylaeamys oniscus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T15608A22327982. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/15608/0 Downloaded on 17 September 2017.
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