Taxonomy Profile: Oligoryzomys fulvescens (Saussure 1860)

Oligoryzomys fulvescens: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Oryzomys costaricensis
J A Allen 1893
Oryzomys nicaraguae
J A Allen 1910
Oryzomys fulvescens engraciae
Osgood 1945
Oryzomys fulvescens lenis
Goldman 1915
Oryzomys fulvescens mayensis
Goldman 1918
Oryzomys fulvescens pacificus
Hooper 1952
Common Name(s):
Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat []
Fulvous Colilargo []
Pygmy Rice Rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Oligoryzomys fulvescens: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
New World rats |
New World mice |
Genus : Oligoryzomys
Pygmy Rice Rats |
Species : Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat |
Fulvous Colilargo |
Pygmy Rice Rat |
Oligoryzomys fulvescens Direct Children(s):
Oligoryzomys fulvescens: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hall, E. Raymond
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-04-03 / 1981-04-03
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
601-1175
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-05443-5/
Notes:
Reference for:
Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Oligoryzomys fulvescens: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mexico / Native
Oligoryzomys fulvescens: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: All Middle American forms retained as subspecies by some (see Hall, 1981; Jones and Engstrom, 1986). Morphometric variation among Middle American forms evaluated by Carleton and Musser (1995) and their morphology contrasted with O. vegetus. Reported karyotypic variation intimates that more than one species occurs among the listed synonyms (Andrades-Miranda et al., 2001a; Gardner and Patton, 1976; Haiduk et al., 1979), whose status, particularly the South American taxa provisionally associat...