Oryzomys

Oryzomys palustris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oryzomys
Species (9 + †2): O. albiventer – O. couesi – O. dimidiatus – O. fulgens – O. gorgasi – O. mexicanus – O. palustris – O. peninsulae – O. texensis – †O. antillarum – †O. nelsoni

Name

Oryzomys Baird, 1857: 458

• Type species: Mus palustris Harlan, 1837, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Tate, G.H.H. 1932: The taxonomic history of the South and Central American cricetid rodents of the genus Oryzomys. Part 1, Subgenus Oryzomys. American Museum Novitates 579: 1–18.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1970: Supplementary notes on Neotropical Oryzomys dimidiatus and Oryzomys hammondi (Cricetinae). Journal of Mammalogy 51 (4): 789–794.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1971: A new rice rat of the Oryzomys palustris group (Cricetinae, Muridae) from northwestern Colombia, with remarks on distribution. Journal of Mammalogy 52 (4): 700–709.
• Schmidt, C.A. & Engstrom, M.D. 1994: Genic variation and systematics of rice rats (Oryzomys palustris species group) in southern Texas and northeastern Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 75 (4): 914–928.
• Sánchez H.J.; Ochoa G.J. & Voss, R.S. 2001: Rediscovery of Oryzomys gorgasi (Rodentia: Muridae) with notes on taxonomy and natural history. Mammalia 65: 205–214.
• Vega, R.; Vázquez-Domínguez, E.; Mejía-Puente, A. & Cuaro, A.D. 2004: Unexpected high levels of genetic variability and the population structure of an island endemic rodent (Oryzomys couesi cozumelae). Biological Conservation 137: 210–222.
• Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Weksler, M. 2006: Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296: 1–149.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.R. & Voss, R.S. 2006: Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1–29.
• Carleton, M.D. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009: Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 94–127.
• Voss, R.S. & Weksler, M.W. 2009: On the taxonomic status of Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane and Debrot, 2001, (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of O. gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971. Caribbean Journal of Science 45 (1): 73–79.
• Hanson, J.D.; Indorf, J.L.; Swier, V.J. & Bradley, R.D. 2010: Molecular divergence within the Oryzomys palustris complex: evidence for multiple species. Journal of Mammalogy 91 (2): 336–347.

Vernacular names

English: Rice Rats