Oecomys auyantepui

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Oecomys auyantepui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oecomys
Species:
O. auyantepui
Binomial name
Oecomys auyantepui
Tate, 1939

Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan oecomys [2] and north Amazonian arboreal rice rat, [3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, [4] and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil. [1] It is an arboreal rodent known from the understory of primary rainforest, found at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m. [1]

The nematode Guerrerostrongylus marginalis is an intestinal parasite of O. auyantepui. [5]

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References

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  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004
  4. Catzeflis et al, 2014
  5. Weirich, Jessica M.; Catzeflis, François; Jiménez, F. Agustín (2016). "Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana". Parasite. 23: 9. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016009. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   4783586 . PMID   26956220. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg

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