Oecomys trinitatis

Oecomys trinitatis, also known as the long-furred oecomys,^[2][3] long-furred rice rat, Trinidad arboreal rice rat, or big arboreal rice rat,^[4][5] is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. As currently constituted, it has a wide distribution in Central America and South America, being found in southern Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, much of Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru.

Oecomys trinitatis
Skull of Oecomys trinitatis from Corozal, Panama.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. trinitatis
Binomial name
Oecomys trinitatis (Allen & Chapman, 1893)

References

1. Bonvicino, C.R. (2016). "Oecomys trinitatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15143A22369435. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15143A22369435.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. 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
4. Duff and Lawson, 2004
5. Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X