Oryzomys flavescens
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Oryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse, 1837). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837:19.
TYPE LOCALITY: Uruguay, Maldonado.
DISTRIBUTION: S. Brazil; Uruguay; N. and C. Argentina.
COMMENT: Formerly included in genus Oligoryzomys which was considered a subgenus of Oryzomys by Langguth, 1963, Communic. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 7:3, and Massoia, 1973, Rev. Invest. Agro. INTA, ser. 1, 10(l):21 — 37, and by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:19, 24, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161:1-41, who considered flavescens a distinct species. Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137, considered flavescens a subspecies of nigripes. Cabrera, 1961:380, 389, included flavescens in subgenus Oryzomys (within which he included Oligoryzomys as a synonym).
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035026001.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ED45FFC7FF8B526EFF92C416FF8BFFBD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Waterhouse
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Oryzomys
- Species
- flavescens
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse, 1837) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Massoia, E. 1973. Descripcion de Oryzomys fornesi, nueva especie y nuevos datos sobre algunas especies y subespecies argentinas del subgenero Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) (Mammalia-Rodentia-Cricetidae). Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INTA, Serie 1, Biologia y Produccion Animal, 10: 21 - 37.
- 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.
- 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.