Oecomys auyantepui

Oecomys auyantepui
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. auyantepui
Binomial name
Oecomys auyantepui Tate, 1939

Oecomys auyantepui, also known as the Guianan oecomys^[2] and north Amazonian arboreal rice rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys from South America. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana,^[4] and nearby regions of Venezuela and Brazil.^[1] It is an arboreal rodent known from the understory of primary rainforest, found at altitudes from sea level to 1100 m.^[1]

The nematode Guerrerostrongylus marginalis is an intestinal parasite of O. auyantepui.^[5]

References

1. Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Duff and Lawson, 2004
4. Catzeflis et al, 2014
5. Weirich, Jessica M.; Catzeflis, François; Jiménez, F. Agustín (2016). "Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana". Parasite 23: 9. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016009. ISSN 1776-1042.

Literature cited

• Catzeflis F., Barrioz S., Szpigel JF, de Thoisy B. 2014. Marsupiaux et Rongeurs de Guyane. Édition Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, 128 p. ISBN 978-2-9502480-1-5.
• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
• 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. 1137. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Weksler, M. and Bonvicino, C. 2008. Oecomys auyantepui. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on December 8, 2009.