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Microryzomys Thomas 1917

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Microryzomys Thomas, 1917. Smithson. Mise. Coll., 68:1.

TYPE SPECIES: Hesperomys minutus Tomes, 1860.

SYNONYMS: Thallomyscus.

COMMENTS: Oryzomyine. Named as a subgenus of Oryzomys and either retained as such (Cabrera, 1961; Ellerman, 1941; Osgood, 1933a) or placed in synonymy with Oligoryzomys (Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Tate, 1932e; Thomas, 1926c). Junior synonymy of Thallomyscus established by Osgood (1933a). Raised to genus by Carleton and Musser (1984) and later revised by them (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 708, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Microryzomys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Microryzomys Thomas, 1917 sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1933 a. The South American mice referred to Microryzomys and Thallomyscus. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 1 - 8.
  • Gyldenstolpe, N. 1932. A manual of Neotropical sigmodont rodents. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, 11: 1 - 164.
  • Tate, G. H. H. 1932 e. The taxonomic history of the South and Central American cricetid rodents of the genus Oryzomys. Part 2: Subgenera Oligoryzomys, Thallomyscus, and Melanomys. American Museum Novitates, 580: 1 - 16.
  • Thomas, O. 1926 c. The Godman-Thomas expedition to Peru. II. On mammals collected by Mr. Hendee in north Peru between Pacasmayo and Chachapoyas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 17: 610 - 616.
  • Carleton, M. D., and G. G. Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289 - 379, in Orders and families of Recent mammals of the world (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 686 pp.