Oecomys

Oecomys
Skull of Oecomys trinitatis from Corozal, Panama.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	Oecomys Thomas, 1906
Type species
Rhipidomys benevolens
Species
Oecomys auyantepui Oecomys bicolor Oecomys catherinae Oecomys cleberi Oecomys concolor Oecomys flavicans Oecomys jamari[1] Oecomys mamorae Oecomys paricola Oecomys phaeotis Oecomys rex Oecomys roberti Oecomys rutilus Oecomys speciosus Oecomys superans Oecomys sydandersoni[2] Oecomys trinitatis

Oecomys is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.^[3] It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad.^[3]

References

1. Saldanha, Juliane; Semedo, Thiago Borges Fernandes; de Mendonça, Ravena Fernanda Braga; et al. (2023). "Unveiling hidden diversity of Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Brazilian Central Amazonia: description of a new species and new lineages". Systematics and Biodiversity. 21 (1): 4. doi:10.1080/14772000.2023.2259037.
2. Carleton et al., 2009
3. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Literature cited

• Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.