Nephelomys moerex
(O. Thomas, 1914)
Gray-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
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1914-09-01. New South-American rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)14(81):240-244.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616476Original name as described
Oryzomys albigularis moerex
Other common names
Gray-bellied Nephelomys · Dark Cloud Forest Rice Rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.24.43
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f6b9b95-5f6d-46ce-b961-fcf371d0d28eType locality
"Mindo, N.W. of Quito [Pichincha, Ecuador]. Alt. 4200' [= 1280 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
split from N. albigularis; 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
Not Evaluated
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