Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
MacConnell's Rice Rat
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
1.6
Forest
- Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grass & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Oryzomyini
()
- Genus:
Oryzomys
()
- (Baird, 1857) Coues, 1890
- Specific name:
macconnelli
- Thomas, 1910
- Scientific name: - Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910
- Specific name:
macconnelli
- Thomas, 1910
- Genus:
Oryzomys
(
- Tribe:
Oryzomyini
(
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Broun Thomas Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute
1: 74-75., 1910.
Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oryzomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 46 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. albigularis (Tomes's Rice Rat) · O. alfaroi (Alfaro's Rice Rat) · O. alfaroi alfaroi (Alfaro's Rice Rat) · O. antillarum (Jamaican Rice Rat) · O. auriventer (Ecuadorean Rice Rat) · O. balneator (Peruvian Rice Rat) · O. bauri (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. bolivaris (Bolivar Rice Rat) · O. buccinatus (Paraguayan Rice Rat) · O. capito (Large-Headed Rice Rat) · O. chapmani (Chapman's Rice Rat) · O. couesi (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi aquaticus (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi couesi (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. curasoae (Cura?ao Rice Rat) · O. devius (Boquete Rice Rat) · O. dimidiatus (Thomas's Rice Rat) · O. galapagoensis (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. galapagoensis galapagoensis (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. gorgasi (Gorgas's Rice Rat) · O. hammondi (Hammond's Rice Rat) · O. intectus (Colombian Rice Rat) · O. intermedius (Intermediate Rice Rat) · O. keaysi (Keays's Rice Rat) · O. kelloggi (Kellogg's Rice Rat) · O. lamia (Monster Rice Rat) · O. legatus (Big-Headed Rice Rat) · O. levipes (Light-Footed Rice Rat) · O. macconnelli (MacConnell's Rice Rat) · O. melanotis (Black-Eared Rice Rat) · O. nelsoni (Tres Marias Island Rice Rat) · O. nitidus (Elegant Rice Rat) · O. oniscus (Sowbug Rice Rat) · O. palustris (Marsh Rice Rat) · O. palustris natator (Marsh Rice Rat) · O. palustris palustris (Marsh Rice Rat) · O. polius (Gray Rice Rat) · O. ratticeps (Rat-Headed Rice Rat) · O. ratticeps ratticeps (Rat-Headed Rice Rat) · O. rhabdops (Striped Rice Rat) · O. rostratus (Long-Nosed Rice Rat) · O. saturatior (Cloud Forest Rice Rat) · O. subflavus (Terraced Rice Rat) · O. talamancae (Talamancan Rice Rat) · O. xantheolus (Yellowish Rice Rat) · O. yunganus (Yungas Rice Rat)
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Further Reading
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 17 1972 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 12.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 32.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 20 2000 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 17.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 335.
Notes
Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Oryzomys macconnelli. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Mammal Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633234
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633234
- IUCN ID: 15605
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8442
