Oecomys cf. flavicans - #4335

Yellow Arboreal Rice Rat
Captured in Venezuela, Aragua state, Turiamo. Identified by JL Patton.
Geographic Distribution

Coastal Range and Cordillera de Mérida of N and W Venezuela, west to Sierra de Santa Marta of NE Columbia, perhaps including the Cordillera Oriental.

Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Oecomys
Specific Epithet
cf. flavicans
Image Date
3 October 1984
Photographer
RD Lord