Tanyuromys aphrastus

(W. P. Harris, 1932)

Harris's 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 : Tanyuromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Harris, W.P., Jr. 1932. Four new mammals from Costa Rica. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 248:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56687

Original name as described

Oryzomys aphrastus

Other common names

Long-tailed Montane Rat · Long-tailed Sigmodontomys · Harris's Rice Water Rat

Type material

UMMZ 62875

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

San Joaquín de Dota, 1219 m, San José Province, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Tanyuromys; population now attributed to T. thomasleei were previously considered under this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Pine, R.H., Timm, R.M., Weksler, M. 2012. A newly recognized clade of trans-Andean Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with description of a new genus. Journal of Mammalogy 93(3): 851-870. · Timm, R. M., Pine, R. H., & Hanson, J. D. (2018). A new species of Tanyuromys Pine, Timm, and Weksler, 2012 (Cricetidae: Oryzomyini), with comments on relationships within the Oryzomyini. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(3), 608-623.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002671

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 aphrastus

(W. P. Harris, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aphrastus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 62875

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Sigmodontomys aphrastus

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aphrastus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tanyuromys aphrastus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aphrastus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

456

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20222/22388999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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