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Oryzomys villosus J. A. Allen 1899

Description

Oryzomys villosus J. A. Allen, 1899. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 210.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Magdalena Dept., Sierra de Santa Marta, Valparaiso, 1350 m.

DISTRIBUTION: N. Colombia.

COMMENT: Possibly conspecific with albigularis; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137; subgenus Oryzomys. Also see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:38, who believed that villosus is closely related to capita.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035066001.

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 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Oryzomys
Species
villosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oryzomys villosus Allen, 1899 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.