Oecomys flavicans

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Yellow 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. 1894-11-01. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)14(83):346-366.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343611

Original name as described

Oryzomys flavicans

Other common names

Tawny Oecomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.25.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f8ab5cd-ccfa-4605-8c21-3548458c75c4

Type locality

"Merida, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002621

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 mincae

J. A. Allen, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mincae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15332

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15332

Authority page

603

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891495

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys flavicans

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

flavicans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.25.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f8ab5cd-ccfa-4605-8c21-3548458c75c4

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343611

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1894:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15354)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oryzomys flavicans illectus

(Bangs, 1898)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

illectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8101

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263604

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Oryzomys flavicans flavicans

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

flavicans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oecomys illectus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

illectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oecomys flavicans

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

flavicans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15134/22369920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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