Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Oryzomys minutus

Description

Oryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860:215.

REVIEWED BY: R. D. Owen (RDON); R. H. Pine (RHP).

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Pallatanga.

DISTRIBUTION: N. Venezuela, W. and C. Colombia to Ecuador and Peru.

COMMENT: Subgenus M.icroryzomys; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:11, 24, who included altissimus in this species; but also see Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:13, who considered altissimus a distinct species. Subgenus Microryzomys reviewed by Myers and Carleton, 1981, Mise. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161:11-12.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035044001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 441-442, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Biodiversity

Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Oryzomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Tomes
Species
minutus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Gardner, A. L., and J. L. Patton. 1976. Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical cricetine complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 49: 1 - 48.
  • Voss, R. S., and A. V. Linzey. 1981. Comparative gross morphology of male accessory glands among Neotropical Muridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) with comments on systematic implications. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 159: 1 - 41.
  • Myers, P., and M. D. Carleton. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara's " Rat sixieme ou rat a tarse noir ". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 161: 1 - 41.