Oligoryzomys vegetus

(Bangs, 1902)

Sprightly 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

Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2):17-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199096

Original name as described

Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) vegetus

Other common names

Sprightly Colilargo

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10298

Type locality

Boquete, 4000 ft (= 1219 m), Chiriquí Volcano, Chiriquí Province, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002654

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 (Oligoryzomys) vegetus

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vegetus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10298

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199096

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Bangs (1902:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Oryzomys fulvescens vegetus

(E. A. Goldman, 1918)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vegetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803900

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1918:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803900) (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 (1946:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Oryzomys fulvescens creper

(G. G. Goodwin, 1945)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

creper

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-141199

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-141199

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys fulvescens reventazoni

(G. G. Goodwin, 1945)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

reventazoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-141891

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-141891

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oligoryzomys vegetus

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vegetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

718

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15254/22358033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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