Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tomes's Rice Rat
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).Mean = 1,507.530 meters (4,945.965 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,120.040 based on 169 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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:
albigularis
- (Tomes, 1860)
- Scientific name: - Oryzomys albigularis (Tomes, 1860)
- Specific name:
albigularis
- (Tomes, 1860)
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Sep-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oryzomys
There are approximately 108 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 · O. alfaroi gloriaensis · O. alfaroi palatinus · O. andersoni · O. angouya · O. aphrastus · 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' Rice Rat) · O. couesi aquaticus (Coues's Rice Rat) · O. couesi aztecus · O. couesi couesi · 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. 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. 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 aquaticus · O. palustris coloratus · O. palustris crinitus · O. palustris natator (Marsh 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) · O. ratticeps ratticeps · O. rhabdops (Striped Rice Rat) · O. rivularis · O. rostratus (Long-Nosed Rice Rat)
Bibliography
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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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 albigularis. 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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- 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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482430
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633214
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 543096
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633214
- IUCN ID: 15584
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5290
