Oecomys auyantepui

Tate, 1939

Guianan Arboreal 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 : Oecomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1939-10-20. The mammals of the Guiana Region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76(5):151-229.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1832

Original name as described

Oecomys auyantepui

Other common names

Guianan Oecomys

Type material

AMNH M-131156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-131156

Type locality

"south slopes of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Caroni River [Bolívar], Venezuela, 3500 feet [= 1069 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002616

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.

Oecomys auyantepui

Tate, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auyantepui

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-131156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-131156

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136624/115210627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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