Oryzomys couesi
(Alston, 1877)
Coues's Marsh 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 | : Oryzomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Alston, E.R. 1877-04. On two new species of _Hesperomys._. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4):755-757.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100029Original name as described
Hesperomys couesi
Other common names
Coues's Oryzomys · Coues's Rice Rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1875.2.26.15
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85e75073-3976-4dd1-ad40-f2869042c8b2Type locality
Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic · Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia
Subregion distribution
USA(TX)
Taxonomy notes
previously included O. albiventer and O. antillarum
Taxonomy notes citation
Carleton, M. D., & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2009). Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331, 94-127. · Hanson, J. D., Indorf, J. L., Swier, V. J., & Bradley, R. D. (2010). Molecular divergence within the Oryzomys palustris complex: evidence for multiple species. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(2), 336-347. · González-Ruiz, N., Ramírez-Pulido, J., Jiménez-Gutiérrez, A. R., & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2024). Rediscovery of Oryzomys fulgens: implications for the taxonomy of Oryzomys. Therya, 15(2), 230-230.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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