Transandinomys bolivaris

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: Transandinomys
Species: Transandinomys bolivaris

Name

• Transandinomys bolivaris (J. A. Allen, 1901)

Holotype: BMNH 99.9.9.27, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Porvenir, Bolivar, Ecuador, altitude 1800 m.”

Combinations

• Oryzomys bolivaris: J. A. Allen, 1901: 405 [original combination]
• [Transandinomys] bolivaris: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 25 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Oryzomys bombycinus orinus Pearson, 1939: 2 [synonymyzed by Musser et al. (1998: 271)]

Holotype: ANSP 19709, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Mt. Pirre, [Darién Prov.,] eastern Panama, at an altitude of 4700 feet along the Rio Limón.”

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1901. New South American Muridae and a new Metachirus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 14: 405–412. handle
• Pearson, O.P. 1939. Three new small mammals from eastern Panama. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 1–5. Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. & Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 236: 1–376. hdl: 2246/1630 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

• Pine, R.H 1971. A review of the long-whiskered rice rat, Oryzomys bombycinus Goldman. Journal of Mammalogy 52(3): 590–596. DOI: 10.2307/1378594 JSTOR
• Gardner, A.L. & Patton, J.L. 1976. Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical cricetine complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 49: 1–48.

Links

• Transandinomys bolivaris 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.
• Gómez-Laverde, M.& Pino, J. 2016. IUCN: Transandinomys bolivaris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15588A22332894. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15588A22332894.en

Vernacular names

English: Long-whiskered/Transandean Oryzomys