Oecomys auyantepui
Tate, 1939
Guianan Arboreal Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Oecomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Tate, G.H.H. 1939-10-20. The mammals of the Guiana Region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76(5):151-229.
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Original name as described
Oecomys auyantepui
Other common names
Guianan Oecomys
Type material
AMNH M-131156
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"south slopes of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Caroni River [Bolívar], Venezuela, 3500 feet [= 1069 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
may represent a species complex based on sex chromosome variation across populations
Taxonomy notes citation
Oliveira da Silva, W., Rosa, C.C., Ferguson-Smith, M.A., O'Brien, P.C.M., Saldanha, J., Rossi, R.V., Pieczarka, J.C. and Nagamachi, C.Y. 2022. The emergence of a new sex-system (XX/XY1Y2) suggests a species complex in the "monotypic" rodent Oecomys auyantepui (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae). Scientific Reports 12(1):8690. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12706-3
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 1 name and synonym.
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