Hylaeamys laticeps
Hylaeamys laticeps, also known as the Atlantic Forest oryzomys[2] or the large-headed rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
| Hylaeamys laticeps | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. laticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeamys laticeps (Lund, 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mus laticeps Lund, 1840 | |
The rodent is endemic to the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil.[1]
The taxonomic history of Hylaeamys laticeps has been complex, and the name laticeps has been used for various members of the genera Cerradomys, Euryoryzomys, Transandinomys and Hylaeamys at different times. Until 2006, it was classified in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys laticeps. The species Oryzomys seuanezi is now a junior synonym of H. laticeps.[3]
References
- Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Hylaeamys laticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T29404A22327572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T29404A22327572.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Musser and Carleton, 2005
- Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006
Literature cited
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Percequillo, A. & Weksler, M. (2019). "Hylaeamys laticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T29404A22327572. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R. & Voss, R. S. (19 October 2006). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537): 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. S2CID 84088556.
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