Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Nephelomys auriventer, also known as the golden-bellied oryzomys or Ecuadorian rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Nephelomys of family Cricetidae. Oldfield Thomas originally described it, in 1899, as a species of Oryzomys, Oryzomys auriventer, and considered it most similar to Oryzomys aureus (currently Thomasomys aureus). In 1926, a subspecies was described from an Ecuadorian locality, Oryzomys auriventer nimbosus, and it was suggested that O.

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Nephelomys es un género de roedores miomorfos de la familia Cricetidae. Viven en los Andes, desde Bolivia hasta Venezuela, con una extensión occidental en las montañas de Costa Rica. El nombre genérico Nephelomys significa 'ratón de la neblina' y se refiere a su presencia en las selvas nebulosas.