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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oryzomys
SPECIES Oryzomys laticeps
| Author: | Lund, 1840. | | Citation: | Preprint of 1841 K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selskav Afhandl., Kjobenhavn, 8: 279. | | Common Name: | Atlantic Forest Oryzomys | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, valley of the Rio das Velhas, Lagoa Santa. | | Distribution: | Atlantic Forest region of SE Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as O. oniscus. | | Comments: | Lectotype selected, synonyms identified, and morphological separation from O. megacephalus and related oryzomyines elaborated by Musser et al. (1998); includes oniscus, previously recognized as a separate species (e.g., Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Moojen, 1952; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Cladistic interpretation of cytochrome b data reveals a sister-species relationship between O. laticeps and O. perenensis (Patton et al., 2000). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
oniscus Thomas, 1904
saltator (Winge, 1887)
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