Oryzomys gorgasi
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Taxonavigation
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Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Oryzomys
Species: Oryzomys gorgasi
Name
[edit]Oryzomys gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971: 700
- Holotype: FMNH 110943, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by the United States Army Medical Department Medico-Ecology Team on 7 September 1963.
- Type locality: “Loma Teguerre (7°54' N, 77° W), Departamento Antioquia, northwestern Colombia, between Rio Atrato and mouth of a caño (channel) of the east bank ciénaga just below and opposite Sautatá (Chocó), Interoceanic Canal Survey Route 25 (Golfo de Urabá to Bahía Humboldt, via Ríos Atrato-Truandó); altitude, 1 meter above sea level”.
Synonyms
[edit]- Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane & Debrot, 2001: 182 [synonymised by Voss & Weksler (2009: 77)]
- Holotype: LACM 96087, partial skull.
- Type locality: “Fissure, 30 m below edge of north face of Tafelberg Santa Barbara, (UTM coordinates: 19518570, 1334570)”
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Colombia
- Venezuela
- Curaçao (†)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Hershkovitz, P. 1971. A New Rice Rat of the Oryzomys palustris Group (Cricetinae, Muridae) from Northwestern Colombia, with Remarks on Distribution. Journal of Mammalogy 52(4): 700–709. DOI: 10.2307/1378917
Reference page. - McFarlane, D.A. & Debrot, A.O. 2001. A New Species of Extinct Oryzomyine Rodent from the Quaternary of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(3–4): 182–184. PDF Reference page.
- Sánchez H., Ochoa G. & Voss, R.S. 2001. Rediscovery of Oryzomys gorgasi (Rodentia : Muridae). With Notes on Taxonomy and Natural History. Mammalia 65(2): 205–214. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2001.65.2.205 Reference page.
- Voss, R.S. & Weksler, M. 2009. On the taxonomic status of Oryzomys curasoae McFarlane and Debrot, 2001, (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of O. gorgasi Hershkovitz, 1971. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(1): 73–79. DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v45i1.a11 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Weksler, M. & Timm, R. 2017. IUCN: Oryzomys gorgasi (Endangered) (errata version published in 2018). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T115554360A123796971. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115554360A22387922.en. Accessed on 05 May 2024.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Gorgas's Rice Rat