Oecomys speciosus

Oecomys speciosus, also known as the savannah oecomys,^[2] arboreal rice rat,^[1] or Venezuelan arboreal rice rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It ranges over northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela, including the island of Trinidad.^[1] This rodent lives in tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest, including secondary forest and gallery forest, as well as in savanna habitat.^[1]

Oecomys speciosus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. speciosus
Binomial name
Oecomys speciosus (J.A. Allen and Chapman, 1893)

References

1. Gómez-Laverde et al., 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X.
• Gómez-Laverde, M.; Aguilera, M.; Rivas, B.; Ochoa, J.; Woodman, N.; Emmons, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Oecomys speciosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15141A115125468. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1138. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.