Hylaeamys tatei

Hylaeamys tatei
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Hylaeamys
Species:	H. tatei
Binomial name
Hylaeamys tatei (Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner, 1998)
Synonyms
Oryzomys tatei Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner, 1998 [Hylaeamys] tatei: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Hylaeamys tatei, also known as Tate's oryzomys^[2] or Tate's rice rat,^[1] is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is known only from the eastern foothills of the Andes in central Ecuador, where it has been found at elevations from 1130 to 1520 m.^[1] H. tatei is most closely related to H. yunganus, which occurs throughout Amazonia. The species is found in tropical rainforest and is terrestrial and probably nocturnal.^[1] It is named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.

References

1. Tirira and Weksler, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Tirira, D. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Hylaeamys tatei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. hdl:2246/5815.