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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oryzomys
SPECIES Oryzomys gorgasi
| Author: | Hershkovitz, 1971. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 52: 700. | | Common Name: | Gorgas’ Oryzomys | | Type Locality: | Colombia, Antioquia Dept., basin of Río Atrato, Loma Teguerre, just below and opposite Sautata (Chocó), 1 m; 7°54'N, 77°W. | | Distribution: | Lowlands of NW Colombia and NW Venezuela as so far known. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Known only by the holotype until new records from Venezuela reported by Sánchez et al. (2001); those authors supplemented the taxon’s description, argued its specific status in differential comparisons with O. couesi, O. dimidiatus, and O. palustris, and reaffirmed its membership in Oryzomys sensu stricto. |
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