''Oecomys paricola'', also known as the Brazilian oecomys, Brazilian arboreal rice rat, or South Amazonian arboreal rice rat,Duff and Lawson, 2004 is a species of

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in the genus ''

Oecomys ''Oecomys'' is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad Trinidad i ...

'' of family

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. It is found in central

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south of the

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, where it lives in lowland

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References

Literature cited

*Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. *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. *Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C., Weksler, M., Costa, L. and Catzeflis, F. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.
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