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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oryzomys
SPECIES Oryzomys rhabdops
| Author: | Merriam, 1901. | | Citation: | Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 3: 292. | | Common Name: | Highland Oryzomys | | Type Locality: | Guatemala, Quezaltenango Dept., Calel, 10,000 ft (3048 m). | | Distribution: | Highlands of S Chiapas, México, and C Guatemala. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Allocated to subspecies of O. alfaroi by Goldman (1918), as conventionally observed in later systematic works (e.g., Hall, 1981). Merriam’s form is a valid species, having a much longer tail, longer pelage, and larger cranium than true O. alfaroi. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
angusticeps Merriam, 1901
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