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Yungas rice rat

Hylaeamys yunganus (Thomas, 1902)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishYungas rice rat
Dutch—
SpanishHylaeamys de las Yungas
Chinese云加斯稻鼠
Scientific nameHylaeamys yunganus (Thomas, 1902)

About this species

Hylaeamys yunganus, also known as the Amazonian oryzomys or Yungas rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest throughout Amazonia, in northeastern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil. A closely related species, Hylaeamys tatei, occurs only in a small area in eastern Ecuador. Both were previously placed in Oryzomys.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusHylaeamys

In Suriname

10Records in Suriname
1960First record
2008Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini6

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

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