Oligoryzomys costaricensis

(J. A. Allen, 1893)

Costa Rican 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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1893-09-22. Further notes on Costa Rica mammals, with description of a new species of Oryzomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(15):237-240.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897461

Original name as described

Oryzomys costaricensis

Type material

AMNH MO-7922, AMNH MS-9581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-7922 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9581

Type locality

El General, 2150 ft (= 655 m), Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

split from O. fulvescens

Taxonomy notes citation

Hanson, J.D., Utrera, A., Fulhorst, C.F. 2011. The delicate pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys delicatus) is the principal host of the Maporal Virus (Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Hantavirus). Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease 11(6): 691-696.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002638

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 costaricensis

(J. A. Allen, 1893)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7922, AMNH MS-9581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-7922 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9581

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897461

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Alfaro (1897:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  2. Allen (1897:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  3. Bangs (1902:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys fulvescens costaricensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1918)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803899

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1918:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13280)
  2. Goldman (1920:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Goodwin (1946:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Oligoryzomys costaricensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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