Sooretamys angouya

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Paraguayan 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 : Sooretamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia. Volumen III. Quadrupeda reliqua. Ceti. Monotrymata. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Moscow, 732 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Original name as described

Mus Angouya

Other common names

Angouya Sooretamys · Rat-headed Rice Rat

Type material

UMMZ 124201

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by G. G. Musser and colleagues in 1998 to "Paraguay east of the Rio Paraguay, Departamento de Misiones, 2.7 km (by road) N San Antonio."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described australis (described as a species of Euryoryzomys); moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Sooretamys

Taxonomy notes citation

Agnolin, F. L., Derguy, M. R., Godoy, I. N., & Chimento, N. R. (2019). Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies delas colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia,Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural, 9, 107-181. · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J. P., Gonçalves, P. R., Simões, G., do Prado, R., ... & Schiaffini, M. I. (2020). On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical, en prensa, Mendoza, 1-17. · Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R., Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates no. 3537. pp 1-29.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002670

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 ratticeps tropicius

(O. Thomas, 1924)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tropicius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.6.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d86aedc-a86a-4cc6-b067-ed244b5cff0a

Authority page

143

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys ratticeps paraganus

(O. Thomas, 1924)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paraganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.5.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8bef73e-9b7b-4fa9-b815-1745b89ac6df

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Euryoryzomys australis

(Agnolín, Derguy, Godoy, & Chimento, 2019)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CFA-MA-2399

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Historia Natural

Mus buccinatus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

buccinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

209

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Mus angouya

(A. G. Desmarest, 1819)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angouya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430619

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

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

Hesperomys leucogaster

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B450

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776497

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. True (1885:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Angouya

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angouya

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 124201

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

vii, 71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vii, 71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Lesson (1827:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hesperomys ratticeps

(Hensel, 1872)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ratticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 47721

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561811

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Hesperomys Anyuga

(Burmeister, 1855)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anyuga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11814109

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle

Oryzomys anguya

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anguya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147052

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Oryzomys angouya

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angouya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Holochilus physodes leucogaster

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Oryzomys ratticeps

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ratticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Oryzomys ratticeps ratticeps

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ratticeps

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)

Oryzomys buccinatus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

buccinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

cancellinus

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cancellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1119

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sooretamys angouya

Weksler, Percequillo, & Voss, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angouya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816723

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #135161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135161/115204513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus ?buccinatus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

buccinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Mus Anguya

(Rengger, 1830)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anguya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Basel

Name usages

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

Mus (Holochilus) Anguya

(J. F. von Brandt, 1835)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anguya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation · preoccupied

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28731605

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Mus angouyia

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angouyia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

449 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815132

Authority publication

Paris

Holochilus canellinus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060779

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Lahille (1899:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Calomys rex

(Winge, 1888)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14663926

Authority publication

E Museo Lundii

Name usages

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

Oryzomys tropicus

(Cabrera, 1961)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tropicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

727

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

anguyu

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anguyu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1119

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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