Oecomys hiceae
Voss, Giarla, B. K. Lim, & Engstrom, 2025
Hice's 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
Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C., Lim, B.K. and Engstrom, M.D. 2025-06-19. A multigene phylogeny for Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with descriptions of new and revalidated taxa and a partial species-group classification. American Museum Novitates 4038:1-40.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/7512Original name as described
Oecomys hiceae
Type material
TTU 101036
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Estación Biológica Allpahuayo, 28 km southwest of Iquitos on the road from Iquitos to Nauta in Loreto department, Peru. According to Hice and Velazco (2012), the biological station is in the Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana with coordinates 3°58'S, 73°25'W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C., Lim, B.K. and Engstrom, M.D. 2025-06-19. A multigene phylogeny for Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with descriptions of new and revalidated taxa and a partial species-group classification. American Museum Novitates 4038:1-40.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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