Sooretamys | |
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Bone of rice rat | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Sooretamys Weksler et al. 2006 |
Species: | S. angouya |
Binomial name | |
Sooretamys angouya (Fischer, 1814) | |
Synonyms | |
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Sooretamys angouya, also known as the rat-headed rice rat, [2] and Paraguayan rice rat, [2] is a rodent species from South America. [3] It is found in northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay in forested areas within the Atlantic Forest and cerrado. [1] Since 2006, it has been classified as the only species in the genus Sooretamys; previously, it was included in the genus Oryzomys . Its taxonomic history has been complex, with the names Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys buccinatus, and Oryzomys ratticeps in use for various parts of the species at different times. [3] Some variation in its karyotype has been reported, with 2n = 80 to 82 and FN = 88 to 90. [3]