Sooretamys

Sooretamys
Bone of rice rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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
Oryzomys angouya(Fischer, 1814) Oryzomys angouya(Desmarest, 1819) Oryzomys buccinatus(Olfers, 1818) Oryzomys ratticeps(Hensel, 1872) [Sooretamys] angouya: Weksler et al., 2006

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]

References

1. Percequillo et al., 2008
2. Duff and Lawson, 2004
3. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN   0-7136-6021-X.
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1145. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
• Percequillo, C.; Weksler, M.; Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G.; Teta, P.; Patterson, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sooretamys angouya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T135161A115204513. Retrieved 23 December 2019.