Cerqueira's rice rat
| Cerqueira's rice rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Euryoryzomys |
| Species: | E. cerqueirai |
| Binomial name | |
| Euryoryzomys cerqueirai Percequillo & Weksler, 2023 | |
Cerqueira's rice rat (Euryoryzomys cerqueirai) is a newly described species of rice rat that is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]: 607
References
- ^ "Euryoryzomys cerqueriai (id=1006768)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ Percequillo, A. R.; Weksler, M. (2023). "Systematics of the genus Euryoryzomys Weksler et al., 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae): integrative analysis reveals a new species from north-eastern Brazil". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 199 (3): 594–632. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad048.