Oreoryzomys huancabambensis
Llancachahua-Tarqui, Ruelas, Escobar, & Pacheco, 2025
Huancabamba 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 | : Oreoryzomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Llancachahua-Tarqui, D., Ruelas, D., Escobar, E. and Pacheco, V.R. 2025-11-27. Introduction to the systematics of Oreoryzomys balneator (Rodentia; Cricetidae) with the description of a new species from Peruvian montane forests. Revista Peruana de Biología 32(4):e31354.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v32i4.31354Original name as described
Oreoryzomys huancabambensis
Other common names
Huancabamba Rice Mouse
Type material
MUSM 55512
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Habaspite (5°5'29.67"S, 79°20'40.98"W, 2130 m a.s.l.), El Carmen de la Frontera District, Huancabamba Province, Piura Department, Peru (Figs. 1, 9)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Llancachahua-Tarqui, D., Ruelas, D., Escobar, E. and Pacheco, V.R. 2025. Introduction to the systematics of Oreoryzomys balneator (Rodentia; Cricetidae) with the description of a new species from Peruvian montane forests. Revista Peruana de Biología 32(4):e31354. doi:10.15381/rpb.v32i4.31354
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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