Oecomys cleberi

Oecomys cleberi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. cleberi
Binomial name
Oecomys cleberi Locks, 1981

Oecomys cleberi, also known as Cleber's oecomys^[2] or Cleber's arboreal rice rat,^[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. Known only from the Federal District in Brazil, its taxonomic status relative to O. concolor and O. paricola is unresolved.^[1]

References

1. Costa et al., 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Costa, L., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M. and Paglia, A. 2008. Oecomys cleberi. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0