Chapman's rice rat
| Chapman's rice rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Casiomys |
| Species: | C. chapmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Casiomys chapmani (O. Thomas, 1898) | |
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Casiomys chapmani, also known as Chapman's oryzomys[3] or Chapman's rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Casiomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. It was previously placed in the genus Oryzomys as Oryzomys chapmani, but was then provisionally transferred to the genus Handleyomys along with five other species in the "alfaroi group" pending the description of a new genus to contain it.[4] These species were placed in the newly described genus Casiomys in 2024, which contains rodent species that live in the region spanning central Mexico to northwestern South America and have 54 to 64 diploid chromosomes.[5]
Chapman's rice rat was named after Frank Michler Chapman.[6]
References
- 1 2 Vázquez, E. (2018). "Handleyomys chapmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T15591A22328808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T15591A22328808.en. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
- ↑ "Casiomys chapmani (O. Thomas, 1898) Chapman's Rice Rat". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
- ↑ Musser & Carleton 2005.
- ↑ Weksler, Percequillo & Voss 2006.
- ↑ Voss, Robert S. (4 December 2024). "A New Genus for the "Alfaroi Group" of Oryzomys Sensu Lato (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. 2024 (4030): 1–12. doi:10.1206/4030.1.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
Literature cited
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3537): 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. S2CID 84088556.