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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oecomys
SPECIES Oecomys catherinae
Author: | Thomas, 1909. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 234. | Common Name: | Atlantic Forest Oecomys | Type Locality: | Brazil, Santa Catarina State, Joinville. | Distribution: | Atlantic Forest Region of SE Brazil, Bahia to Santa Catarina, and along riverine forest into Cerrado and Caatinga regions; limits poorly documented. | Comments: | Member of the O. trinitatis group but size larger than O. trinitatis proper, pelage more luxuriant, and supraorbital shelves more pronounced. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bahiensis (Hershkovitz, 1960) cinnamomeus (Pictet and Pictet, 1844)
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