Oecomys phaeotis

Oecomys phaeotis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. phaeotis
Binomial name
Oecomys phaeotis (Thomas, 1901)

Oecomys phaeotis, also known as the dusky arboreal rice rat ^[1] or dusky oecomys, ^[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes of Peru, at 1500 to 2000 m altitude. ^[1]

References

1. Pacheco, V.; Solari, S. (2016). "Oecomys phaeotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T15137A22368927. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15137A22368927.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0
• Pacheco, V. and Solari, S. 2008. Oecomys phaeotis. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 2, 2009.