Oecomys flavicans, also known as the tawny oecomys[2] or yellow arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in the mountains of northwestern Venezuela and nearby Colombia.[1]
| Oecomys flavicans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. flavicans
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys flavicans (Thomas, 1894)
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References
edit- ^ a b c Gómez-Laverde, M.; Rivas, B. (2016). "Oecomys flavicans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15134A22369920. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15134A22369920.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
Literature cited
edit- Gómez-Laverde, M. and Rivas, B. 2008. Oecomys flavicans. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0