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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Alston, E.R. 1877-04. On two new species of _Hesperomys._. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4):755-757.

Original 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 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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