Oligoryzomys utiaritensis

(J. A. Allen, 1916)

Utiariti 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. 1916-07-24. New mammals collected on the Roosevelt Brazilian Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(27):523-530.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1825

Original name as described

Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) utiaritensis

Other common names

Utiariti Colilargo

Type material

AMNH M-37541

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Utiarity, Papagaia River, Matto Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from eliurus, which is now a synonym of O. nigripes

Taxonomy notes citation

Agrellos, R., Bonvicino, C.R., Rosa, E.S.T., Marques, A.A.R., D'Andrea, P.S., Weksler, M. 2012. The taxonomic status of the Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus reservoir, Oligoryzomys utiaritensis Allen 1916 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Zootaxa 3220: 1-28.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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