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Oligoryzomys  Bangs, 1900
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632668

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pygmy Rice Rats [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyCricetidae Fischer, 1817  
                                           SubfamilySigmodontinae Wagner, 1843 – New World rats, New World mice  
                                              GenusOligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 – Pygmy Rice Rats  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys andinus (Osgood, 1914) – Andean Pygmy Rice Rat, Andean Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys arenalis (Thomas, 1913) – Sandy Pygmy Rice Rat, Sandy Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys brendae Massoia, 1998 – Brenda's Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys chacoensis (Myers and Carleton, 1981) – Chacoan Pygmy Rice Rat, Chacoan Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys delticola (Thomas, 1917) – Delta Pygmy Rice Rat, Large Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys destructor (Tschudi, 1844) – Destructive Pygmy Rice Rat, Tschudi's Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys eliurus (Wagner, 1845) – Brazilian Pygmy Rice Rat, Brazilian Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse, 1837) – Yellow Pygmy Rice Rat, Flavescent Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys fornesi (Massoia, 1973) – Fornes' Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys fulvescens (Saussure, 1860) – Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat, Fulvous Colilargo, Pygmy Rice Rat 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys griseolus (Osgood, 1912) – Grayish Pygmy Rice Rat, Grizzled Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Bennett, 1832) – Long-tailed Pygmy Rice Rat, Long-tailed Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys magellanicus (Bennett, 1836) – Magellanic Pygmy Rice Rat, Patagonian Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys microtis (J. A. Allen, 1916) – Small-eared Pygmy Rice Rat, Small-eared Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys nigripes (Olfers, 1818) – Black-footed Pygmy Rice Rat, Black-footed Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys stramineus Bonvicino and Weksler, 1998 – Straw-colored Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys utiaritensis Allen, 1916  
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys vegetus (Bangs, 1902) – Sprightly Pygmy Rice Rat, Sprightly Colilargo 
                                                 Species Oligoryzomys victus (Thomas, 1898) – St. Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat, St. Vincent Colilargo, St. Vincent Rice Rat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Guy G. Musser  
  Notes: Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024   
  Reference for: Oligoryzomys    
       
  Expert: Michael D. Carleton  
  Notes: Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Oligoryzomys    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hall, E. Raymond  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  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   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  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   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  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   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  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: Pygmy Rice Rats[English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Oryzomyini. Described as a subgenus of Oryzomys and usually recognized as such (Ellerman, 1941; Hall, 1981; Reig, 1984; Tate, 1932e) or as a genus (Contreras and Berry, 1983; Gyldenstolpe, 1932), with Microryzomys as a full synonym (Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Tate, 1932) or not (Cabrera, 1961). Diagnosis emended at the generic level and morphology contrasted with Microryzomys and Oryzomys sensu stricto by Carleton and Musser (1989). Monophyly of the genus supported by electrophoretic (Dickerman an...  
 

 

    

 
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