Euryoryzomys legatus

Euryoryzomys legatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. legatus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys legatus (Thomas, 1925)
Synonyms
Oryzomys legatusThomas, 1925 [Euryoryzomys] legatusWeksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys legatus, also known as the Tarija oryzomys ^[2] or big-headed rice rat, ^[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It now belongs to the genus Euryoryzomys , having previously been placed in Oryzomys . It is found in the eastern Andes of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia.

References

1. Jayat, J. (2016). "Euryoryzomys legatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T15603A22329075. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15603A22329075.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Vargas et al., 2008

Literature cited

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). New York: American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/5815 . ISSN   0003-0082. S2CID   84088556.