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Oryzomys palustris (marsh rice rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Oryzomys palustris was named by Harlan (1837) [original combination unclear].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. lamia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Oryzomys palustris Harlan
1970Oryzomys palustris Dalquest and Roth p. 226
1980Oryzomys palustris Kurten and Anderson p. 239

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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
tribeOryzomyini
genusOryzomysBaird 1857
speciespalustrisHarlan 1837

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.

†Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 [marsh rice rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Oryzomys fossilis (20422 20423)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Oryzomys fossilis (20318)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Oryzomys palustris (20398 20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Oryzomys palustris (20571 20573 20595 20634 20650 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Oryzomys palustris (20638 34269 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Oryzomys palustris (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Oryzomys palustris (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Oryzomys palustris (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Oryzomys fossilis (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Oryzomys palustris (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Oryzomys palustris (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Oryzomys palustris (20598 20608 154771)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Oryzomys palustris (215359)