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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oryzomys
SPECIES Oryzomys melanotis
| Author: | Thomas, 1893. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 11: 404. | | Common Name: | Black-eared Oryzomys | | Type Locality: | México, Jalisco State, Mineral San Sebastián. | | Distribution: | Low to intermediate elevations of W México, from S Sinaloa to SW Oaxaca. | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Revised by Goldman (1918), who recognized melanotis and rostratus as separate species within a melanotis species group. Hooper (1953) viewed the geographic complementarity of the two as a subspecific pattern, and so they were recognized by Hall and Kelson (1959) and Hall (1981). Engstrom (1984) returned rostratus to a separate species based on a robust variety of data interpreted within a zoogeographic context. |
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