Hylaeamys oniscus
| 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 | |
Hylaeamys oniscus, the sowbug rice rat,[1] is a rodent species in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys oniscus.
It occurs only in northeastern Brazil. It is close to Hylaeamys laticeps, which occurs further south in Brazil, and the two have been considered to be the same species.
References
- ^ a b Percequillo, A. & Roach, N. 2017. Hylaeamys oniscus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T15608A22327982. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15608/0 Downloaded on 17 September 2017.
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