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Oxymycterus rufus platensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Oxymycterus platensis was named by Thomas (1914). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oxymycterus rufus platensis by Vitullo et al. (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Oxymycterus platensis Thomas
1986Oxymycterus rufus platensis Vitullo et al. p. 77

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
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
Oryzomyalia
tribeAkodontiniVorontzov 1959
genusOxymycterusWaterhouse 1837
speciesrufus(Fischer 1814)
subspeciesplatensis(Thomas 1914)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:48:28
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:48:28
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available