Oryzomys gorgasi

Hershkovitz, 1971

Gorgas'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

Hershkovitz, P. 1971. A new rice rat of the _Oryzomys palustris_ group (Cricetinae, Muridae) from northwestern Colombia, with remarks on distribution. Journal of Mammalogy 52(4):700-709.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1378917

Original name as described

Oryzomys gorgasi

Other common names

Gorgas's Oryzomys · Gorgas's Rice Rat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:110943

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=40c82ae6-192c-48f5-9521-fc48b0199983

Type locality

"Loma Teguerre (7°54' N, 77° W), Departamento Antioquia, northwestern Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

includes curasoae

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R. S., & Weksler, M. (2009). On the taxonomic status of Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane and Debrot, 2001,(Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of O. gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971. Caribbean Journal of Science, 45(1), 73-79.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002661

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 gorgasi

Hershkovitz, 1971

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gorgasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:110943

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=40c82ae6-192c-48f5-9521-fc48b0199983

Authority page

700

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/115554360/123796971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzomys curasoae

McFarlane & Debrot, 2001

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

curasoae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:96087

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=a22ab89f-bccd-45c3-ba6d-2e529014e54f

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Caribbean Journal of Science

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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