Oecomys paricola
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Oecomys
| species = paricola
| authority = Thomas, 1904
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Oecomys paricola, also known as the Brazilian oecomys,Musser and Carleton, 2005 Brazilian arboreal rice rat, or South Amazonian arboreal rice rat,Duff and Lawson, 2004 is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in northeastern Peru as well as central Brazil south of the Amazon, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforests.
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Literature cited
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. {{ISBN|0-7136-6021-X}}
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 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}}
- Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M., Costa, L. and Catzeflis, F. 2008. {{IUCNlink|15136|Oecomys paricola}}. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <[http://www.iucnredlist.org/ www.iucnredlist.org]>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
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Category:Mammals described in 1904
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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