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Pseudoryzomys simplex

Description

Pseudoryzomys simplex (Winge 1887)

[Pseudoryzomys] simplex (Winge 1887), E Museo Lundii, Vol. 1, 3: 11.

Type Locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, near Lagoa Santa.

Vernacular Names: False Oryzomys.

Synonyms: Pseudoryzomys wavrini (Thomas 1921); Pseudoryzomys reigi Pine and Wetzel 1975.

Distribution: EC Bolivia, NE Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Sante Fe; Pardiñas et al., in litt.), and W Paraguay, to E Brazil (Pernambuco).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly classified as Oryzomys incertae sedis (Cabrera, 1961) until genus diagnosed by Hershkovitz (1962). Lectotype designated, synonymy presented, karyotype and distribution discussed by Voss and Myers (1991).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1164, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Winge
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Pseudoryzomys
Species
simplex
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudoryzomys simplex (Winge, 1887) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Winge, H. 1887. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: Med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slagtskab. E Museo Lundii, 1 (3): 1 - 178.
  • Pine, R. H., and R. M. Wetzel. 1975. A new subspecies of Pseudoryzomys wavrini (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae: Cricetinae) from Bolivia. Mammalia, 39: 649 - 655.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology, 46: 1 - 524.
  • Voss, R. S., and P. Myers. 1991. Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Muridae) and the significance of Lund's collections from the caves of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 206: 414 - 432.