Nephelomys auriventer
(O. Thomas, 1899)
Greater Golden-bellied 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 | : Nephelomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1899-11-01. Descriptions of new rodents from the Orinoco and Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(23):378-383.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124403Original name as described
Oryzomys auriventer
Other common names
Ecuadorean Rice Rat · Golden-bellied Oryzomys · Greater Golden-bellied Nephelomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.9.25
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4369264-a928-438e-87ea-898b5ebc7ccaType locality
"Mirador, below Baños, on the Upper Pastaza River, [Tungurahua,] E. Ecuador. Altitude 1500 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
previously included N. nimbosus; moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Nephelomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R., Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates no. 3537. pp 1-29.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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