Oryzomys nigripes (Olfers, 1818)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Olfers (1818): Oryzomys nigripes. In Eschwege, Neue Bibl. Reisenb. 15
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Oligoryzomys
- species
- Oligoryzomys nigripes
discussion
COMMENT: Includes eliurus; see Cabrera, 1961: 394, Massoia and Fornes, 1967, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 23: 407 - 430, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 35; but see Massoia, 1973, Rev. Invest. Agro. INTA, ser. 1, 10 (l): 21 — 37. O. eliurus may be a distinct species, based on karyotypic differences (OAR). Subgenus Oligoryzomys; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137, who included flavescens, fulvescens, and longicaudatus in this species, but Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49: 20, 24, considered them distinct species and indicated that the relationship between nigripes and longicaudatus requires elucidation. Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 1 - 41, considered longicaudatus and flavescens distinct species, and also considered tarso nigro Fischer, 1814, invalid (see comments under Reithrodon physodes); AL employs the name tarsonigro for this species. Cabrera, 1961: 380, placed Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys as a synonym.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay; E. Brazil; Argentina.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, Paraguari Dept., Ybycui Nat. Park, 85 km S. S. E. Atyra.
Name
- Homonyms
- Oryzomys nigripes (Olfers, 1818)