Oecomys jamari

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oecomys
Species: Oecomys jamari

Name

Oecomys jamari Saldanha, Semedo, de Mendonça, Lima-Silva, Messias, Sampaio, Brandão & Rossi, 2023: 4

• Holotype: UFMT 488, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Ravena F. Braga de Mendonça and Eduardo Sousa on 17 October 2011.
• Type locality: Jamari National Forest, municipality of Itapa do Oeste, state of Rondônia, Brazil (coordinates 09°10’48”S, 62°57’11”W).
• Etymology: Jamari National Forest.

References

Primary references

• Saldanha, J., Semedo, T.B.F., de Mendonça, R.F.B., Lima-Silva, L.G., Messias, M.R., Sampaio, I., Brandão, M.V. & Rossi, R.V. 2023. Unveiling hidden diversity of Oecomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Brazilian Central Amazonia: description of a new species and new lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 21(1): 2259037. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2259037

Links

• Oecomys jamari in ASM Mammal Diversity Database.

Vernacular names

English: Jamari Arboreal Rice Rat