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MacConnell's rice rat

Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMacConnell's rice rat
Dutch—
SpanishRata amazónica de McConnell
Chinese康氏稻鼠
Scientific nameEuryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)

About this species

Euryoryzomys macconnelli, also known as MacConnell's rice rat or MacConnell's oryzomys, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys, as Oryzomys macconnelli, but in 2006 it was reclassified as the type species of the new genus Euryoryzomys.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusEuryoryzomys

In Suriname

60Records in Suriname
2002First record
2010Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini50
  • Brokopondo8

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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