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Bicolored arboreal rice rat
Diego Inclan, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Rodents

Bicolored arboreal rice rat

Oecomys bicolor (Tomes, 1860)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBicolored arboreal rice rat
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese双色树稻鼠
Scientific nameOecomys bicolor (Tomes, 1860)

About this species

Oecomys bicolor, also known as the white-bellied oecomys or bicolored arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It has a wide distribution in the Amazon biome, occurring in northwestern Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, much of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, and extends into eastern Panama, but it may contain more than one species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusOecomys

In Suriname

68Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1910First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini7
  • Para3
  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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