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Cerqueira's rice rat

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Cerqueira's rice rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Euryoryzomys
Species:
E. cerqueirai
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys cerqueirai
Percequillo & Weksler, 2023

Cerqueira's rice rat (Euryoryzomys cerqueirai) is a newly described species of rice rat that is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]: 607 

References

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  1. ^ "Euryoryzomys cerqueriai (id=1006768)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  2. ^ Percequillo, A. R.; Weksler, M. (2023). "Systematics of the genus Euryoryzomys Weksler et al., 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae): integrative analysis reveals a new species from north-eastern Brazil". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 199 (3): 594–632. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad048.