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Large-headed rice rat
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Rodents

Large-headed rice rat

Hylaeamys megacephalus (Fischer, 1814)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLarge-headed rice rat
Dutch—
SpanishRata montañera común
Chinese大头稻鼠
Scientific nameHylaeamys megacephalus (Fischer, 1814)

About this species

Hylaeamys megacephalus, also known as Azara's broad-headed oryzomys or the large-headed rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae, of which it is the type species. It is found mainly in lowland tropical rainforest from its type locality in Paraguay north through central Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela onto Trinidad and Tobago. To its west and east, other closely related species of Hylaeamys are found: H. perenensis in western Amazonia, H. acritus in Bolivia, and H. laticeps and H. oniscus in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusHylaeamys

In Suriname

324Records in Suriname
1938First record
2012Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini268
  • Para32
  • Saramacca10
  • Brokopondo1
  • Paramaribo1

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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