Oecomys catherinae

O. Thomas, 1909

Atlantic Forest 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

Thomas, O. 1909-09-01. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(21):230-242.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097613

Original name as described

Oecomys catherinæ

Other common names

Atlantic Forest Oecomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.11.19.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fea9e70c-c66a-42ed-b3d6-e863b96bc6f6

Type locality

"Joinville, Santa Catherina [= Catarina], S. Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included populations now attributed to O. matogrossensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Saldanha, J., & Rossi, R. V. (2021). Integrative analysis supports a new species of the Oecomys catherinae complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Amazonia. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 69-89.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002618

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.

Mus cinnamomeus

(F.-J. Pictet & C. Pictet, 1844)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinnamomeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MHNG 275.39, MHNG 434.74

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Deilemys cinnamomeus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinnamomeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476771

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Oecomys catherinæ

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

catherinae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.11.19.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fea9e70c-c66a-42ed-b3d6-e863b96bc6f6

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097613

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16539)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136358/115206594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzomys concolor bahiensis

(Hershkovitz, 1960)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bahiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:63780

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e3e00750-181e-4434-b8a1-8259f94015ce

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15609968

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys catherinae

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

catherinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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