Oligoryzomys chacoensis

(Myers & Carleton, 1981)

Chacoan Pygmy 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: Oligoryzomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Myers, P. and Carleton, M.D. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara's "rat sixième ou rat à tarse noir". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 161:1-41.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56405

Original name as described

Oryzomys chacoensis

Other common names

Chacoan Colilargo

Type material

UMMZ 125524

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"419 km by road NW Villa Hayes (alongside the Trans Chaco Highway), Dept. Boquerón, Paraguay."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002637

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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.

Oryzomys chacoensis

Myers & Carleton, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 125524

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at 419km by road NW Villa Hayes (alongside the Trans Chaco Highway), Dept. Boqueron, Paraguay; captured on the ground in a strip of dry grass bordering a small artificial pond and surrounded by chacoan thorn scrub

Type locality

Paraguay.

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Oligoryzomys chacoensis:

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

717

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Anderson (1997:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15243/115126239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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