Euryoryzomys macconnelli | |
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Euryoryzomys distribution | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Euryoryzomys |
Species: | E. macconnelli
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Binomial name | |
Euryoryzomys macconnelli (
Thomas, 1910)
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Synonyms | |
Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910 |
Euryoryzomys macconnelli, also known as MacConnell's rice rat [2] or MacConnell's oryzomys, [3] 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. [1] It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys, as Oryzomys macconnelli, [3] but in 2006 it was reclassified as the type species of the new genus Euryoryzomys. [4]