Oligoryzomys longicaudatus
(E. T. Bennett, 1832)
Long-tailed 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
Authority citation
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1832:2
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214265Original name as described
Mus longicaudatus
Other common names
Long-tailed Colilargo
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.152
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7139babd-0371-4763-8df1-5b4797bf7cf6Type locality
"Chiliæ." Restricted by W. H. Osgood in 1943 to Valparaíso, Chile.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
includes magellanicus and the recently described yatesi
Taxonomy notes citation
Guzmán, J. A., Ortiz, J. C., & Cañón, C. (2015). Variación morfológica de Oligoryzomys longicaudatus magellanicus (rodentia: sigmodontinae) al oeste de los campos de hielo patagónico sur en Chile. Mastozoología neotropical, 22(2), 375-384. · Hurtado, N. and D'Elía, G. 2019. An assessment of species limits of the South American mouse genus Oligoryzomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) using unilocus delimitation methods. Zoologica Scripta 48(5):557-570.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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