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Hylaeamys yunganus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Hylaeamys
Species:	H. yunganus
Binomial name
Hylaeamys yunganus (Thomas, 1902)
Synonyms
Oryzomys yunganus Thomas, 1902 yunganus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Hylaeamys yunganus, also known as the Amazonian oryzomys or Yungas rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest throughout Amazonia, in northeastern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil. A closely related species, Hylaeamys tatei, occurs only in a small area in eastern Ecuador. Both were previously placed in Oryzomys.

References

1. ^ Patton et al., 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

• Patton, J.; Weksler, M. & Percequillo, A. (2008). "Hylaeamys yunganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)" (PDF). 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.

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