| Hylaeamys perenensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Hylaeamys |
| Species: | H. perenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylaeamys perenensis (J.A. Allen, 1901)
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| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys perenensis J.A. Allen, 1901[2] | |
Hylaeamys perenensis, formerly Oryzomys perenensis, also known as the western Amazonian oryzomys, is an oryzomyine rodent of the family Cricetidae.
It is found in western Amazonia (southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil).
It has an omnivorous diet and is nocturnal, terrestrial, and nonsocial. It is commonly found along rivers.
- ^ Weksler, M.; Tirira, D. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Hylaeamys perenensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136529A115209666. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Allen, Joel A. (1901). "New South American Muridae and a new Metachirus" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 14: 405–422.