Oecomys jamari

Saldanha, Semedo, de Mendonça, L. G. Lima-Silva, M. R. Messias, I. Sampaio, Brandão, & R. V. Rossi, 2023

Jamari 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

Authority citation

Saldanha, J., Semedo, T.B.F., de Mendonça, R.F.B., Lima-Silva, L.G., Messias, M.R., Sampaio, I., Brandão, M.V. and Rossi, R.V. 2023-12-31. Unveiling hidden diversity of Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Brazilian Central Amazonia: description of a new species and new lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 21(2259037):1-21.

Original name as described

Oecomys jamari

Type material

UFMT 4887 (= UFRO M378)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Jamari National Forest, municipality of Itapuã do Oeste, state of Rondônia, Brazil (coordinates 09°10'48"S, 62°57'11"W)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Saldanha, J., Semedo, T. B. F., de Mendonça, R. F. B., Lima-Silva, L. G., Messias, M. R., Sampaio, I., ... & Rossi, R. V. (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), 2259037.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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