Oryzomys caracolus Thomas 1914

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1146

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325471

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scientific name

Oryzomys caracolus Thomas 1914
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Oryzomys caracolus Thomas 1914 View in CoL

Oryzomys caracolus Thomas 1914 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 14: 242.

Type Locality: Venezulea, Distrito Federal, Cerro del Avila, Galiparé, 6000 ft (1830 m).

Vernacular Names: Costa Central Oryzomys.

Distribution: Costa Central cordilleras, NC Venezuela (Aragua, Miranda, Distrito Federal).

Discussion: Although long ranked as a species ( Ellerman, 1941; Gyldenstolpe, 1932), caracolus was considered a synonym of O. capito (= O. megacephalus ) by Hershkovitz (1960) and Cabrera (1961) and of O. albigularis by Musser and Carleton (1993). Karyotypic and morphometric assessments among Venzuelan populations led Aguilera et al. (1995) and Márquez et al. (2000) to view O. caracolus and O. meridensis as distinct species. Rivas and Pefaur (1999 a) obtained similar but not wholly concordant geographic patterns of morphometric differentiation and elected to maintain the taxa as subspecies of O. albigularis . These differing interpretations advise continued study of populations in the Venezuelan Andes and verification of their taxonomic status and distributions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Oryzomys

Loc

Oryzomys caracolus Thomas 1914

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Oryzomys caracolus

Thomas 1914: 242
1914
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