Oryzomys texensis

J. A. Allen, 1894

Northwestern 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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1894-05-31. On the mammals of Aransas County, Texas, with descriptions of new forms of Lepus and Oryzomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6(6):165-198.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893327

Original name as described

Oryzomys palustris texensis

Other common names

Texan Rice Rat · Texas Marsh Rice Rat

Type material

AMNH MO-5764, AMNH MS-7166

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-5764 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7166

Type locality

Rockport, Aransas County, Texas.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(TX,OK,KS,MO,AR,LA,MS,TN,IL)

Taxonomy notes

split from O. palustris

Taxonomy notes citation

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. · Williams, P. C., & Ibrahim, K. M. (2023). The taxonomic status of marsh rice rats (Oryzomys sp., Rodentia, Cricetidae) at the northern edge of their range in North America. Mammal Research, 1-7.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002664

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 palustris texensis

J. A. Allen, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

texensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-5764, AMNH MS-7166

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-5764 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7166

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893327

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)
  2. Goldman (1918:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13280)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys texensis

R. D. Bradley, Ammerman, R. J. Baker, L. C. Bradley, J. A. Cook, Dowler, C. Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche, & Würsig, 2014

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

texensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

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