Eremoryzomys polius

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Eremoryzomys
Species: Eremoryzomys polius

Name

• Eremoryzomys polius (Osgood, 1913)

Holotype: FMNH 19765, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Tambo Carrizal, mountains east of Balsas, [Amazonas Department, Chachapoyas Province], Peru. Altitude about 5000 ft [1.524 m].”

Combinations

• Oryzomys polius: Osgood, 1913: 97 [original combination]
• [Eremoryzomys] polius: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 10 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1913. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9): 93–100. BHL Reference page. 
• Weksler, M., Percequillo & Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1–29. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5815 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Uturunco, A.C.J. & Pacheco, V. 2016. Redescripción de Eremoryzomys polius (Rodentia: Cricetidae) y descripción de una nueva especie del género Eremoryzomys. Mastozoología Neotropical 23(2): 483–503. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Oryzomys polius in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Pacheco, V., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Weksler, M. 2008. IUCN: Eremoryzomys polius  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T15609A4891730. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15609A4891730.en

Vernacular names

English: Marañon Oryzomys, Gray Eremoryzomys
español: Rata gris arrozera