Hylaeamys oniscus, the sowbug rice rat, is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.[1]
| Hylaeamys oniscus | |
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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: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. oniscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeamys oniscus (Thomas, 1904)
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| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys oniscus Thomas, 1904 | |
It occurs only in northeastern Brazil.[1] It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.
References
edit- ^ a b c Percequillo, A.; Roach, N. (2017). "Hylaeamys oniscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15608A22327982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T15608A22327982.en. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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