Euryoryzomys russatus

Euryoryzomys russatus
Holotype partial cranium of Calomys coronatus Winge, 1887, a junior synonym.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. russatus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848)
Synonyms
Calomys coronatus Winge, 1887 Oryzomys intermedius (Leche, 1886) Oryzomys kelloggi Avila-Pires, 1959 Oryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848) [Euryoryzomys] russatus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys russatus, also known as the russet oryzomys,^[1] russet rice rat,^[2] or big-headed rice rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is a member of the genus Euryoryzomys, which was split off from Oryzomys in 2006. It is found in southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.

References

1. Musser and Carleton, 2005
2. Percequillo et al., 2008
3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Percequillo, A., Weksler M., Langguth, A., Patterson, B., D'Elia, G. & Teta, P. (2008). Euryoryzomys russatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
• 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.