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Euryoryzomys legatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. legatus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys legatus (Thomas, 1925)
Synonyms
Oryzomys legatus Thomas, 1925 legatus Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys legatus, also known as the Tarija oryzomys or big-headed rice rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It now belongs to the genus Euryoryzomys, having previously been placed in Oryzomys. It is found in the eastern Andes of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia.

References

1. Jayat, J. (2016). "Euryoryzomys legatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15603A22329075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15603A22329075.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Vargas et al., 2008

Literature cited

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). New York: American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 84088556.

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