Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Pseudoryzomys
Species Pseudoryzomys simplex

Name

  • Pseudoryzomys simplex (Winge, 1888)

Holotype: not assigned.

Lectotype: ZMUH no catalog number, adult indet., cranial fragment (rostrum, palate, zygoma, and anterior braincase with a completely erupted and moderately worn molar dentition). [designated by Voss & Myers (1991: 418)]

Type locality: “Lapa da Escrivania Nr. 5 og Nr. 11, da Lagoa do Semidouro, do Marinho Nr. 2 og Serra das Abelhas”, fixed by lectotype designation to “Lapa da Escrivania [= Escrivânia] Nr. 5, near Lagoa Santa in Minas Gerais, Brazil” by Voss & Myers (1991: 418).

Combinations

  • Hesperomys simplex Winge, 1888: 11 [original combination]
  • Pseudoryzomys simplex: Massoia, 1980: 282 [name combination]

Synonyms

  • Oryzomys wavrini Thomas, 1921: 177 [synonymised by Voss & Myers 1991: 418]

Holotype: BMNH 20.12.18.16, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Jesematathla [= Jesamatathla], west of Concepción,” Presidente Hayes, Paraguay.

  • Pseudoryzomys wavrini reigi Pine & Wetzel, 1975: 649 [synonymised by Voss & Myers 1991: 418]

Holotype: AMNH 210054, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Pampa de Meio, Río Itenez, Depto. Beni, Bolivia.”

References

Primary references

  • Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page. 
  • Thomas, O. Two new Muridae discovered in Paraguay by the Marquis de Wavrin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 7: 177–179.
  • Pine, R.H. & Wetzel, R.M. 1975. A new subspecies of Pseudoryzomys wavrini (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae: Cricetinae) from Bolivia. Mammalia 39(4): 649–655. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1975.39.4.649
  • Massoia, E. 1980. El estado sistemático de cuatro especies de cricetidos sudamericanos y comentarios sobre otras especies congenericas (Mammalia-Rodentia). Ameghiniana 17: 280–287.
  • Voss, R.S. & Myers, P. 1991. Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Muridae) and the significance of Lund´s collections from the caves of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206: 414–432.

Additional references

  • Pardiñas, U.F.J., Cirignoli, S. & Galliari, C.A. 2004. Distribution of Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina. Mastozoología Neotropical 11(1): 105–108.
  • Wolf, R.W., Rossi, R.V., Aragona, M. & Aguiar, D.M. 2016. First record of Pseudoryzomys simplex (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in a flooded area of the Pantanal, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 76(4): 1054–1057. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.09015

Vernacular names

English: False Oryzomys
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