Euryoryzomys lamia

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Buffy-sided Rice Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Euryoryzomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-12-01. On mammals obtained by Mr. Alphonse Robert on the Rio Jordäo, S. W. Minas Geraes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(48):526-536.

Original name as described

Oryzomys lamia

Other common names

Monster Rice Rat · Buffy-sided Euryoryzomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.11.3.32

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rio Jordão, in the district of Araguary, S.W. Minas Geraes [= Gerais]," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Euryoryzomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. R., & Voss, R. S. (2006). Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates, 2006(3537), 1-29.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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