Pseudoryzomys simplex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Pseudoryzomys
Species Pseudoryzomys simplex

Name

• Pseudoryzomys simplex (Winge, 1888)

Holotype: not assigned.

Lectotype: ZMUH no catalog number, adult indet., cranial fragment (rostrum, palate, zygoma, and anterior braincase with a completely erupted and moderately worn molar dentition). [designated by Voss & Myers (1991: 418)]

Type locality: “Lapa da Escrivania Nr. 5 og Nr. 11, da Lagoa do Semidouro, do Marinho Nr. 2 og Serra das Abelhas”, fixed by lectotype designation to “Lapa da Escrivania [= Escrivânia] Nr. 5, near Lagoa Santa in Minas Gerais, Brazil” by Voss & Myers (1991: 418).

Combinations

• Hesperomys simplex Winge, 1888: 11 [original combination]
• Pseudoryzomys simplex: Massoia, 1980: 282 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Oryzomys wavrini Thomas, 1921: 177 [synonymised by Voss & Myers 1991: 418]

Holotype: BMNH 20.12.18.16, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Jesematathla [= Jesamatathla], west of Concepción,” Presidente Hayes, Paraguay.

• Pseudoryzomys wavrini reigi Pine & Wetzel, 1975: 649 [synonymised by Voss & Myers 1991: 418]

Holotype: AMNH 210054, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Pampa de Meio, Río Itenez, Depto. Beni, Bolivia.”

References

Primary references

• Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. Two new Muridae discovered in Paraguay by the Marquis de Wavrin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 7: 177–179.
• Pine, R.H. & Wetzel, R.M. 1975. A new subspecies of Pseudoryzomys wavrini (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae: Cricetinae) from Bolivia. Mammalia 39(4): 649–655. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1975.39.4.649
• Massoia, E. 1980. El estado sistemático de cuatro especies de cricetidos sudamericanos y comentarios sobre otras especies congenericas (Mammalia-Rodentia). Ameghiniana 17: 280–287.
• Voss, R.S. & Myers, P. 1991. Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Muridae) and the significance of Lund´s collections from the caves of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206: 414–432.

Additional references

• Pardiñas, U.F.J., Cirignoli, S. & Galliari, C.A. 2004. Distribution of Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina. Mastozoología Neotropical 11(1): 105–108.
• Wolf, R.W., Rossi, R.V., Aragona, M. & Aguiar, D.M. 2016. First record of Pseudoryzomys simplex (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in a flooded area of the Pantanal, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 76(4): 1054–1057. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.09015

Links

• Pseudoryzomys simplex in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Pseudoryzomys simplex  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: False Oryzomys