Euryoryzomys lamia

Euryoryzomys lamia
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. lamia
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys lamia (Thomas, 1901)
Synonyms
Oryzomys lamia Thomas, 1901 [Euryoryzomys] lamia Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys lamia, also known as the buffy-sided oryzomys^[2] or monster rice rat,^[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Brazil, where it lives in forest enclaves within the cerrado.^[1] The species' known altitudinal range is from 700 to 900 m.^[1] The main threats to its survival are the destruction and fragmentation of its forest habitat.^[1]

References

1. Percequillo and Weksler, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1149. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2008). "Euryoryzomys lamia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (New York: American Museum of Natural History) 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.