Euryoryzomys
Euryoryzomys nitidus (top) and Calomys laucha (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	Euryoryzomys Weksler et al., 2006
Type species
Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910

Euryoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae.^[1] It includes seven species, which are distributed in South America.^[1][2] Until 2006, its members were included in the genus Oryzomys, but they are not closely related to the type species of that genus, and therefore they were placed in a new genus.^[1] They are most closely related to genera like Hylaeamys and Transandinomys; many members of these genera were previously placed in a single species, known as Oryzomys capito.^[1] The genus name, Euryoryzomys, combines the name "Oryzomys" with the Ancient Greek word eurus "broad", referring to the broad range in distribution of the genus.^[1]

It includes the following species:

• Euryoryzomys emmonsae (Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner, 1998)
• Euryoryzomys lamia (Thomas, 1901)
• Euryoryzomys legatus (Thomas, 1925)
• Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)
• Euryoryzomys nitidus (Thomas, 1884)
• Euryoryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848)
• Euryoryzomys cerqueirai Percequillo & Weksler, 2023^[2]: 607

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