| Oecomys bicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Oecomys bicolor (Tomes, 1860) | |
Oecomys bicolor, also known as the white-bellied oecomys[2] or bicolored arboreal rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It has a wide distribution in the Amazon biome, occurring in northwestern Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, much of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, and extends into eastern Panama, but it may contain more than one species.[1]
References
- Pino, J.; Patton, J.L.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Bonvicino, C.R.; Costa, L.P.; Emmons, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Oecomys bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T15131A115124926. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15131A22369990.en. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Oecomys bicolor". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Literature cited
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.