Euryoryzomys russatus

Euryoryzomys russatus
Partial skull of a russet rice rat
Holotype partial cranium of Calomys coronatus Winge, 1887, a junior synonym.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Euryoryzomys
Species: E. russatus
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys russatus
(Wagner, 1848)[1]
Synonyms

Calomys coronatus Winge, 1887
Oryzomys intermedius (Leche, 1886)
Oryzomys kelloggi Avila-Pires, 1959
Oryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848)
[Euryoryzomys] russatus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Euryoryzomys russatus, also known as the russet oryzomys,[2] russet rice rat,[3] or big-headed rice rat,[4] is a species of rodent in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is a member of the genus Euryoryzomys, which was split off from Oryzomys in 2006. It is found in southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ Wagner, Andr (1848). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugthiere Amerika's". Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. München. 5 (2): 312.
  2. ↑ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. ↑ Percequillo et al., 2008
  4. ↑ Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp.  ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M.; Langguth, A.; Patterson, B.; D'Elia, G. & Teta, P. (2008). "Euryoryzomys russatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. ISSN 0003-0082.


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