Euryoryzomys macconnelli

(O. Thomas, 1910)

McConnell's 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. 1910-08-01. Mammals from the River Supinaam, Demerara, presented by Mr. F. V. McConnell to the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(32):184-189.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628947

Original name as described

Oryzomys macconnelli

Other common names

McConnell's Euryoryzomys · McConnell's Oryzomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.4.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a4383bf-ac8c-4b0d-b480-4ac67c395eba

Type locality

"River Supinaam, a tributary of the lower Essequibo," Demerara, British Guiana (= Guyana).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Peru · Ecuador

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002535

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Oryzomys incertus

(J. A. Allen, 1913)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

incertus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMNH M-33756

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33756

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891490

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys mureliae

(J. A. Allen, 1915)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mureliae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

AMNH M-33756

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33756

Authority page

630

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62720001

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys macconnelli

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.4.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a4383bf-ac8c-4b0d-b480-4ac67c395eba

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628947

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Weksler, Percequillo, & Voss, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816735

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15605/115128199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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