Euryoryzomys nitidus

Euryoryzomys nitidus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. nitidus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys nitidus (Thomas, 1884)
Synonyms
Oryzomys nitidus Thomas, 1884 [Euryoryzomys] nitidus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys nitidus, also known as the elegant oryzomys^[2] or elegant rice rat,^[1] is a rodent species in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It was previously known as Oryzomys nitidus, but is not closely related to Oryzomys as that genus is now constructed. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru in lowland tropical rainforest as well as forest in the eastern foothills of the Andes, at elevations from 50 to 2000 m.^[1]

References

1. Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Weksler, M. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). "Euryoryzomys nitidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
• Weksler, M., A. R. Percequillo, and R.S. Voss. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.