Oryzomys talamancae
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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RODENTIA
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Family:
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MURIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Oryzomys talamancae
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Species Authority:
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Allen, 1891
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | TALAMANCAN RICE RAT |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Will be transferred to family Cricetidae.
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Baillie, J.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Panama; Venezuela
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial
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List of Habitats:
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| 1.4 | Forest - Temperate |
| 1.6 | Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. and Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmontinae) diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History :1-376.
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