Euryoryzomys cerqueirai
Percequillo & Weksler, 2023
Cerqueira's 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 | : Euryoryzomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Percequillo, A.R. and Weksler, M. 2023-07-17. Systematics of the genus Euryoryzomys Weksler _et al._, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae): integrative analysis reveals a new species from north-eastern Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199(3):594-632.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad048Original name as described
Euryoryzomys cerqueirai
Other common names
Cerqueira's Euryoryzomys
Type material
MZUSP 36044
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Brazil, Ceará State, Municipality of Pacoti, Serra de Baturité, Sítio Friburgo, Grota do Bananal, c. 1.5 km from ranch’s headquarters; geographic coordinates 4°14'19"S, 38°54'00"W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Percequillo, A. R., & Weksler, M. (2023). Systematics of the genus Euryoryzomys Weksler et al., 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae): integrative analysis reveals a new species from north-eastern Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 199(3), 594-632.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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