Oligoryzomys chacoensis

(Myers & Carleton, 1981)

Chacoan Pygmy 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 : Oligoryzomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Myers, P. and Carleton, M.D. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara's "rat sixième ou rat à tarse noir". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 161:1-41.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56405

Original name as described

Oryzomys chacoensis

Other common names

Chacoan Colilargo

Type material

UMMZ 125524

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"419 km by road NW Villa Hayes (alongside the Trans Chaco Highway), Dept. Boquerón, Paraguay."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002637

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.

Oryzomys chacoensis

(Myers & Carleton, 1981)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 125524

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Oligoryzomys chacoensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

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 (2017:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15243/115126239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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