Oecomys cleberi

Locks, 1981

Cleber's Arboreal Rice Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Oecomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Locks, M. 1981. Nova espécie de Oecomys de Brasília, DF, Brasil (Cricetidae, Rodentia). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Serie Zoologia 300:1-7.

Original name as described

Oecomys cleberi

Other common names

Cleber's Oecomys

Type material

MN 24131

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Fazenda Agua Limpa da Universidade de Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil. Longtitude: 45°54'W. Latitude: 15°57'S."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002619

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Oecomys cleberi

Locks, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cleberi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 24131

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15132/22370099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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