Hylaeamys oniscus
| Hylaeamys oniscus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. oniscus |
| Binomial name | |
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Hylaeamys oniscus (Thomas, 1904) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904 |
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Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904
[Hylaeamys] oniscus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006
Hylaeamys oniscus, the sowbug rice rat, is a rodent species in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.
It occurs only in northeastern Brazil. It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.
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