''Euryoryzomys'' is a
genus of
rodents in the tribe
Oryzomyini of family
Cricetidae. It includes six species, which are distributed in South America. Until 2006, its members were included in the genus ''
Oryzomys
''Oryzomys'' is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat (''O. palustris'') of the United States ...
'', but they are not closely related to the
type species of that genus, and therefore they were placed in a new genus. They are most closely related to genera like ''
Hylaeamys'' and ''
Transandinomys''; many members of these genera were previously placed in a single species, known as ''Oryzomys capito''. The genus name, ''Euryoryzomys'', combines the name "''Oryzomys''" with the
Ancient Greek word ''eurus'' "broad", referring to the broad range in distribution of the genus.
It includes the following species:
* ''
Euryoryzomys emmonsae
''Euryoryzomys emmonsae'', also known as Emmons' rice rat or Emmons' oryzomys, is a rodent from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil in the genus ''Euryoryzomys'' of the family Cricetidae. Initially misidentified as '' E. macconnelli'' or '' E.&n ...
''
(Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner, 1998)
* ''
Euryoryzomys lamia
''Euryoryzomys lamia'', also known as the buffy-sided oryzomysMusser and Carleton, 2005 or monster rice rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Brazil, where it lives in forest enclaves within the cerrado ...
''
(Thomas, 1901)
* ''
Euryoryzomys legatus
''Euryoryzomys legatus'', also known as the Tarija oryzomys or big-headed rice rat,Vargas et al., 2008 is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It now belongs to the genus ''Euryoryzomys'', having previously been placed in ''Oryzomys''. I ...
''
(Thomas, 1925)
* ''
Euryoryzomys macconnelli
''Euryoryzomys macconnelli'', also known as MacConnell's rice rat or MacConnell's oryzomys, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in ...
''
(Thomas, 1910)
* ''
Euryoryzomys nitidus
''Euryoryzomys nitidus'', also known as the elegant oryzomys or elegant rice rat, is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. Previously it was known as ''Oryzomys nitidus'', but it is not closely related to ''Oryzomys'' as that genus is now co ...
''
(Thomas, 1884)
* ''
Euryoryzomys russatus
''Euryoryzomys russatus'', also known as the russet oryzomys, russet rice rat, or big-headed rice rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a member of the genus ''Euryoryzomys'', which was split off from ''Oryzomys'' in 2006. I ...
''
(Wagner, 1848)
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.
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Rodent genera
Taxa named by Marcelo Weksler
Taxa named by Alexandre Reis Percequillo
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