Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Oryzomys flavescens

Description

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.

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 page 439, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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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.