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Oryzomys fulvescens (fulvous pygmy rice rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Hesperomys fulvescens was named by Saussure (1860). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oryzomys fulvescens by Dalquest and Roth (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Hesperomys fulvescens Saussure
1970Oryzomys fulvescens Dalquest and Roth p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
Oryzomyalia
tribeOryzomyini
genusOryzomysBaird 1857
speciesfulvescens(Saussure 1860)

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 fulvescens Saussure 1860 [fulvous pygmy rice rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available