Oryzomys gorgasi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oryzomys
Species: Oryzomys gorgasi

Name

Oryzomys gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971: 700

• Holotype: FMNH 110943, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by the United States Army Medical Department Medico-Ecology Team on 7 September 1963.
• Type locality: “Loma Teguerre (7°54' N, 77° W), Departamento Antioquia, northwestern Colombia, between Rio Atrato and mouth of a caño (channel) of the east bank ciénaga just below and opposite Sautatá (Chocó), Interoceanic Canal Survey Route 25 (Golfo de Urabá to Bahía Humboldt, via Ríos Atrato-Truandó); altitude, 1 meter above sea level”.

Synonyms

• Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane & Debrot, 2001: 182 [synonymised by Voss & Weksler (2009: 77)]
  • Holotype: LACM 96087, partial skull.
  • Type locality: “Fissure, 30 m below edge of north face of Tafelberg Santa Barbara, (UTM coordinates: 19518570, 1334570)”

Native distribution areas

• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Curaçao (†)

References

Primary references

• 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. DOI: 10.2307/1378917 Reference page. 
• McFarlane, D.A. & Debrot, A.O. 2001. A New Species of Extinct Oryzomyine Rodent from the Quaternary of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(3–4): 182–184. PDF Reference page. 
• Sánchez H., Ochoa G. & Voss, R.S. 2001. Rediscovery of Oryzomys gorgasi (Rodentia : Muridae). With Notes on Taxonomy and Natural History. Mammalia 65(2): 205–214. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2001.65.2.205 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S. & Weksler, M. 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. DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v45i1.a11 Reference page. 

Links

• Weksler, M. & Timm, R. 2017. IUCN: Oryzomys gorgasi  (Endangered) (errata version published in 2018). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T115554360A123796971. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115554360A22387922.en. Accessed on 05 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Gorgas's Rice Rat