Oecomys auyantepui Tate 1939

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 auyantepui Tate 1939
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Oecomys auyantepui Tate 1939 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 76: 193.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Bolívar State, Mt Auyán-Tepuí, 1100m.

Vernacular Names: Guianan Oecomys.

Distribution: SC Venezuela eastwards through the Guianas to Amapá, Brazil and southwards to Amazonas, Brazil, north of Amazon River.

Discussion: Synonymized under concolor by Hershkovitz (1960) and under paricola by Musser and Carleton (1993). Morphological distinctiveness elaborated by Voss et al. (2001) and contrasted with O. paricola , its probable sister taxon.