Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Euryoryzomys macconnelli
Euryoryzomys distribution
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. macconnelli
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)
Synonyms
Oryzomys macconnelliThomas, 1910 Euryoryzomys macconelli: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

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]

References

1. Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Euryoryzomys macconnelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T15605A22329172. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15605A22329172.en .
2. Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN   0-7136-6021-X.
3. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 2142 pp. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0.
4. Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R.S. (2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:tngoor]2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/5815.