Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,184 meters (0 to 3,885 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- 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 Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821:303
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Oryzomyini
()
- Genus:
Oryzomys
()
- (Baird, 1857) Coues, 1890:4164
- Specific name:
megacephalus
- Scientific name: - Oryzomys megacephalus
- Specific name:
megacephalus
- 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
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oryzomys
There are approximately 113 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
O. albigularis (Tomes's Rice Rat) · O. albigularis keaysi · O. albigularis maculiventer · O. albigularis meridensis · O. albigularis moerex · O. alfari · O. alfari chapmani · O. alfaroi (Alfaro's Rice Rat) · O. alfaroi alfaroi (Alfaro's Rice Rat) · O. alfaroi gloriaensis · O. alfaroi palatinus · O. andersoni · O. angouya · O. aphrastus · O. argentatus · O. auriventer (Ecuadorean Rice Rat) · O. balneator (Peruvian Rice Rat) · O. bauri (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. bicolor · O. bolivaris (Bolivar Rice Rat) · O. boliviae · O. buccinatus (Paraguayan Rice Rat) · O. caliginosus · O. caliginosus chrysomelas · O. caliginosus phaeopus · O. capito (Large-Headed Rice Rat) · O. capito laticeps · O. caudatus · O. chacoensis · O. chapmani (Chapman's Rice Rat) · O. chapmani guerrerensis · O. childi · O. concolor · O. couesi (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi aquaticus (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi aztecus · O. couesi couesi (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi cozumelae · O. cozumelae · O. curasoae · O. delticola · O. devius (Boquete Rice Rat) · O. dimidiatus (Thomas's Rice Rat) · O. eliurus · O. emmonsae · O. flavescens · O. fossilis · O. fulvescens · O. galapagoensis (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. galapagoensis bauri · O. galapagoensis galapagoensis (Galapagos Rice Rat) · O. goeldi · 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. laticeps · O. legatus (Big-Headed Rice Rat) · O. levipes (Light-Footed Rice Rat) · O. longicaudatus · O. longicaudatus philippi · O. luciae · O. macconnelli (Macconnell's Rice Rat) · O. mamorae · O. megacephalus · O. melanotis (Black-Eared Rice Rat) · O. melanotis yucatanensis · O. meridensis · O. mexicanus · O. microtis · O. minutus · O. moerex · O. natator floridanus · O. navus · O. nelsoni (Nelson's Rice Rat) · O. nigripes · O. nitidus (Elegant Rice Rat) · O. oniscus (Sowbug Rice Rat) · O. pallustris · O. palustris (Marsh Rice Rat) · O. palustris antillarum · O. palustris aquaticus · O. palustris coloratus · O. palustris crinitus · O. palustris natator (Silver Rice Rat) · O. palustris palustris (Marsh Rice Rat) · O. palustris peragrus · O. palustris planirostris · O. palustris sanibeli · O. palustris soberoni · O. palustris texensis · O. pectoralis · O. peragrus peragrus · O. perenensis · O. pliocaenicus · O. polius (Gray Rice Rat) · O. ratticeps (Rat-Headed Rice Rat)
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Further Reading
- Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. and Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmontinae) diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 1-376.
Notes
Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Mammal Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5628372
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14742139
- IUCN ID: 29403
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12681
Footnotes
- Mean = 510.070 meters (1,673.458 feet), Standard Deviation = 529.950 based on 43 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
