Oreoryzomys balneator

(O. Thomas, 1900)

Ecuadorean Mountain Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oreoryzomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1900-03-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(27):269-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340249

Original name as described

Oryzomys balneator

Other common names

Ecuadorean Oreoryzomys · Peruvian Rice Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.9.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c38b5270-3cfc-442f-9e1f-437ef0398dbf

Type locality

"Mirador, 20 miles [= 32 km] E. of Baños [Tungurahua], Oriente of Ecuador. Altitude 1500 m [= 457 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

previously included O. hesperusmoved from Oryzomys to the recently described Oreoryzomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1-29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2 · Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Villavicencio, C. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2026. Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). PeerJ 14:e20515. doi:10.7717/peerj.20515

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002656

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Oryzomys balneator

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

balneator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.9.34

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mirador, 20 miles E. of Baños, Oriente of Ecuador. Altitude 1500 m.

Type locality

Ecuador: 1°26′S, 78°15′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c38b5270-3cfc-442f-9e1f-437ef0398dbf

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340249

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1916:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16029)
Anthony (1924:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8829)
Gyldenstolpe (1932:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Ellerman (1941:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6150)
Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys balneator balneator:

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

balneator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Ellerman (1941:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6150)

Oreoryzomys balneator:

Weksler, Percequillo, & Voss, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

balneator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816725

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15587/22333259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Brito, Vargas, Tinoco, García, Carrión-Olmedo, Koch, Wistuba, Nivelo-Villavicencio & Pardiñas (2026:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72617)

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