Oecomys concolor

Oecomys concolor
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oecomys
Species:	O. concolor
Binomial name
Oecomys concolor Wagner, 1845
Map of South America marked green in southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, and northwestern Brazil; red in a narrow strip in northeastern Bolivia; dark blue in much of eastern Bolivia, much of Paraguay, and nearby Brazil; and light blue in a small area in northeastern Argentina.
Distribution of Oecomys concolor (in green) and related species (red, Oecomys sydandersoni; dark blue, Oecomys mamorae; light blue, Oecomys close to O. mamorae).

Oecomys concolor, also known as the unicolored oecomys, unicolored rice rat, or unicolored arboreal rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in tropical rainforest in Amazonia, but its range is poorly documented; it has been recorded in northwestern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and southern Venezuela.

Literature cited

• Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.
• Costa, L., Percequillo, A., Weksler, M., Langguth, A., Patton, J. and Catzeflis, F. 2008. Oecomys concolor. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 30, 2009.
• 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. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0