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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980606Original 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 specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/518cb19d-bb47-41c7-8fa9-d8bd24fdef58Type 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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