Oecomys jamari
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oecomys |
| Species: | O. jamari
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| Oecomys jamari Saldanha, Semedo, de Mendonça, Lima-Silva, Messias, Sampaio, Brandão, & Rossi, 2023
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Oecomys jamari, also known as the Jamari arboreal rice rat, is a newly described species of rice rat endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oecomys jamari (id=1006770)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ Saldanha, Juliane; Semedo, Thiago Borges Fernandes; de Mendonça, Ravena Fernanda Braga; et al. (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): 4. Bibcode:2023SyBio..2159037S. doi:10.1080/14772000.2023.2259037.