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Arboreal Rice Rats
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Arboreal Rice Rats

Oecomys

Oecomys is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad.

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species

bicolored arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys bicolor

Atlantic Forest Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys catherinae

Trinidad arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys trinitatis

red arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys rutilus

Beautiful Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys speciosus

yellow arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys flavicans

King Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys rex

unicolored arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys concolor

Robert's arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys roberti

dusky arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys phaeotis

Cleber's arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys cleberi

Brazilian arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys paricola

foothill arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys superans

north Amazonian arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys auyantepui

Anderson's Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys sydandersoni

Humid Chaco Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys franciscorum

Mato Grosso Arboreal Rice Rat

speciesOecomys matogrossensis

Oecomys makampi

speciesOecomys makampi

Oecomys galvez

speciesOecomys galvez

Oecomys jamari

speciesOecomys jamari

Oecomys nanus

speciesOecomys nanus

Mamore arboreal rice rat

speciesOecomys mamorae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44778.