Nephelomys devius

(Bangs, 1902)

Boquete Rice Rat

Formerly Oryzomys devius. Also as Montane Rice Rat|Talamancan Oryzomys.
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Location:Costa Rica, San Jose province, Copey, Las VueltasDate taken:Jan 26, 2021

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5951

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199097

Original name as described

Oryzomys devius

Other common names

Montane Rice Rat · Talamancan Oryzomys

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10324

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10324

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. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1-29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002601

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Oryzomys devius

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

devius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10324

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10324

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199097

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Trouessart (1904:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Goldman (1913:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11527)
  4. Goldman (1918:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13280)
  5. Goldman (1920:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  6. Goodwin (1946:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys albigularis devius

(Handley, 1966)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

devius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

779

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652333

Authority publication

Chicago

Name usages

  1. Handley (1966:779, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
  2. Hall (1981:617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

Nephelomys devius

Weksler, Percequillo, & Voss, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

devius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816728

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15593/22332217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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