Oligoryzomys nigripes

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Black-footed 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

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215

Original name as described

Mus nigripes

Other common names

Black-footed Colilargo · Delta Pygmy Rice Rat

Type material

UMMZ 133872

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Fixed by neotype selection by P. Myers and M. D. Carleton in 1981 as "Ybycuí National Park, Department Paraguarí, approximately 85 km SSE Atyrá, Paraguay."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes delticola and eliurus (which previously included O. utiaritensis)

Taxonomy notes citation

Weksler, M. & Bonvicino, C. R. 2015. Genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900, p. 417-437. In: Patton, J.; Pardiñas, U. F. J. & D'Elía, G. (Eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2 - Rodents. The University of Chicago Press. 1384 p.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002649

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 delticola

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

delticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.6.1.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/966169ca-3fc6-4a37-9bcc-3aa48cb8af80

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611098

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Hesperomys eliurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eliurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 423

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776497

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Mus nigripes

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 133872

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

209

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mus longitarsus

(Rengger, 1830)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longitarsus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Basel

Oryzomys eliurus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eliurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oryzomys nigripes

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Oligoryzomys delticola

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

delticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15244/22357390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oligoryzomys eliurus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eliurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15246/115126498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oligoryzomys nigripes

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigripes

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 (2017:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15253/22358209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus nigritarsis

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigritarsis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

vii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Mus tarso nigro

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tarsonigro

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus ?nigripes

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigripes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Hesperomys pygmaeus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776497

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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