Sooretamys

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Sooretamys
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Bone of rice rat
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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
  • 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. 1 2 Percequillo et al., 2008
  2. 1 2 Duff and Lawson, 2004
  3. 1 2 3 Musser and Carleton, 2005

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