Oligoryzomys messorius
(O. Thomas, 1901)
Hairy 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
Thomas, O. 1901-08-01. On a Collection of Mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(44):139-154.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980195Original name as described
Oryzomys navus messorius
Other common names
Hairy Colilargo
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.97
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b6265c5e-faa0-4e98-8ea1-c11ce2b8e3d4Type locality
Kanuku Mountains, Upper Takutu–Upper Essequibo, Guyana.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Brazil
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
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