Hylaeamys megacephalus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hylaeamys megacephalus lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hylaeamys megacephalus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the hylaeamys megacephalus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hylaeamys megacephalus in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Marabá.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hylaeamys megacephalus endangered?

The hylaeamys megacephalus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hylaeamys megacephalus?

The hylaeamys megacephalus (Hylaeamys megacephalus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Hylaeamys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hylaeamys megacephalus

Hylaeamys megacephalus, also known as Azara's broad-headed oryzomys or the large-headed rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae, of which it is the type species. It is found mainly in lowland tropical rainforest from its type locality in Paraguay north through central Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela onto Trinidad and Tobago. To its west and east, other closely related species of Hylaeamys are found: H. perenensis in western Amazonia, H. acritus in Bolivia, and H. laticeps and H. oniscus in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hylaeamys megacephalus (revision 1369736932), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769066 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).