Oryzomys Baird, 1858

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 435

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Oryzomys Baird, 1858 View in CoL . Mammals, in Repts. Expl. Surv ...., 8(1):458.

REVIEWED BY: M. S. Boyce (MSB); M. D. Carleton (MDC); A. L. Gardner (ALG); R. Guenzel (RG); A. Langguth (AL); R. A. Ojeda (RAO); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP)( Mexico); O. A. Reig (OAR).

COMMENT: Includes Macruroryzomys, Melanomys, Micronectomys, Mieroryzomys, Oligoryzomys , and Sigmodontomys; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:1 -48, who considered Oecomys a distinct genus, as does RAO; but also see Hershkovitz, 1960, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 110(3420):515-532, Husson, 1978:402, Hall, 1981: 618, and Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:13, who considered Oecomys a subgenus of Oryzomys . Ellerman, 1941: 340, included Oligoryzomys in Oryzomys as a subgenus; Cabrera, 1961:380, included Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys as a synonym. Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:2, included Macruroryzomys and Micronectomys in Oryzomys; these names were proposed as subgenera by Hershkovitz, 1948, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 98(3221):49-56, but Hershkovitz, 1970, J. Mammal., 51: 791, and Pine and Wetzel, 1975, Mammalia, 39:653, considered Macruroryzomys and Micronectomys, nomina nuda. Walker et al., 1975:759, considered Melanomys a distinct genus. Formerly included Nesoryzomys (see Gardner and Patton, 1976:20, and Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:24), borreroi (which Gardner and Patton, 1976:41, transferred to Zygodontomys), Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos (see Hershkovitz, 1959, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 72:5), Pseudoryzomys wavrini (see Hershkovitz, 1962, Fieldiana ZooL, 46:208), Rhipidomys maculipes (see Hershkovitz, 1960, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 110:519), and simplex (which Massoia, 1980, Ameghiniana, 17: 280- 287, transferred to Pseudoryzomys). North American species revised by Goldman, 1918, N. Am. Fauna, 43:1 -100. Oryzomys is in need of revision. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035000000.

References

Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.

Gardner, A. L., and J. L. Patton. 1976. Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical cricetine complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 49: 1 - 48.

Goldman, E. A. 1918. The rice rats of North America (Genus Oryzomys). North American Fauna, 43: 1 - 100.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Hershkovitz, P. 1960. Mammals of northern Colombia, preliminary report no. 8: Arboreal rice rats, a systematic revision of the subgenus Oecomys, genus Oryzomys. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 110: 513 - 568.

Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology, 46: 1 - 524.

Husson, A. M. 1978. The mammals of Suriname. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 569 pp., 160 pls.

Pine, R. H., and R. M. Wetzel. 1975. A new subspecies of Pseudoryzomys wavrini (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae: Cricetinae) from Bolivia. Mammalia, 39: 649 - 655.

Voss, R. S., and A. V. Linzey. 1981. Comparative gross morphology of male accessory glands among Neotropical Muridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) with comments on systematic implications. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 159: 1 - 41.

Walker, E. P., F. Warnick, S. E. Hamlet, K. I. Lange, M. A. Davis, H. E. Uible, and P. F. Wright. 1975. Mammals of the world. Third ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 646; 2: 647 - 1500.