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Oligoryzomys (pygmy rice rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Oligoryzomys was named by Bangs (1900). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetinae by Palmer (1904); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).

Species
O. eliurus, O. flavescens, O. longicaudatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. occidentalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Oligoryzomys Bangs
1904Oligoryzomys Palmer p. 853
2006Oligoryzomys Salles et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
genusOligoryzomysBangs 1900

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Oligoryzomys Bangs 1900 [pygmy rice rat]
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Oligoryzomys flavescens Waterhouse 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available