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North Amazonian arboreal rice rat

Oecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishNorth Amazonian arboreal rice rat
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese圭亚那树稻鼠
Scientific nameOecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939

About this species

Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan oecomys and north Amazonian arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil. It is an arboreal rodent known from the understory of primary rainforest, found at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m.

The nematode Guerrerostrongylus marginalis is an intestinal parasite of O. auyantepui.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusOecomys

In Suriname

96Records in Suriname
1961First record
2016Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini49
  • Brokopondo42

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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