Nephelomys devius

(Bangs, 1902)

Boquete 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2):17-51.

Original name as described

Oryzomys devius

Other common names

Montane Rice Rat · Talamancan Oryzomys

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10324

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Boquete, 5000 ft (= 1524 m), Chiriquí Volcano, Chiriquí, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

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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