Oreoryzomys hesperus
(H. E. Anthony, 1924)
Peruvian Mountain Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Oreoryzomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Anthony, H.E. 1924-10-20. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139:1-9.
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Original name as described
Oryzomys balneator hesperus
Type material
AMNH M-47583
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"El Chiral, Western Andes, Provincia del Oro, Ecuador, elevation 5350 ft".
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
split from O. balneator; the distribution and taxonomic status of this species and the recently described O. huancabambensis has not been investigated together, and the two taxa may be synonyms
Taxonomy notes citation
Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Villavicencio, C. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2026. Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). PeerJ 14:e20515. doi:10.7717/peerj.20515
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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