Oecomys paricola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Oecomys |
Species: | O. paricola |
Binomial name | |
Oecomys paricola Thomas, 1904 |
Oecomys paricola, also known as the Brazilian oecomys,Brazilian arboreal rice rat, or South Amazonian arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in central Brazil south of the Amazon, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.