Oecomys bicolor (Tomes 1860)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1137

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scientific name	Oecomys bicolor (Tomes 1860)
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[Oecomys] bicolor (Tomes 1860) , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 217.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Gualaquiza, Río Gualaquiza, 885 m.

Vernacular Names: White-bellied Oecomys.

Synonyms: Oecomys benevolens (Thomas 1901) ; Oecomys dryas (Thomas 1900) ; Oecomys endersi Goldman 1933 ; Oecomys florenciae J. A. Allen 1916 ; Oecomys milleri J. A. Allen 1916 ; Oecomys nitedulus Thomas 1910 ; Oecomys occidentalis ( Hershkovitz 1960) ; Oecomys phelpsi Tate 1939 ; Oecomys rosilla (Thomas 1904) ; Oecomys trabeatus G. M. Allen and Barbour 1923 .

Distribution: E Panamá to W Colombia and Ecuador; Venezuela, Guianas, N and C Brazil; Amazonian drainage of Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, and Colombia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonymy of O. phelpsi Tate attributed by Musser and Patton (1989). A morphologically and genetically distinct member of the bicolor complex, species identity uncertain, was collected at localities nearby those of O. bicolor proper in the Rio Juruá basin, W Brazil ( Patton et al., 2000).