- "rice rat" or "rice mouse". Many
species are also
known as rice rats. An
oryzomyine group was
first envisaged by
Oldfield Thomas in the
early 20th century...
-
faunas mostly consist of
oryzomyines,
members of a
distantly related group of rodents, and
include two of the
largest known oryzomyines,
Megalomys desmarestii...
-
Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with
comments on
oryzomyine biogeography".
Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society. 161 (2): 357–390...
- the
Barbudan (?)
muskrat or the
Barbuda giant rice rat, is an
extinct oryzomyine rodent from
Barbuda in the
Lesser Antilles.
Described on the
basis of...
-
characteristic of the Sigmodontinae) with some
traits that are rare
among oryzomyines;
these characteristics are
unknown in the
other species of this genus...
-
separate species. In 2006, a
phylogenetic analysis by
Marcelo Weksler of the
oryzomyine tribe, in
which both
Oryzomys and
Nephelomys are classified, provided...
-
Pennatomys nivalis is an
extinct oryzomyine rodent from the
islands of Sint Eustatius,
Saint Kitts, and
Nevis in the
Lesser Antilles. The only species...
- was not
closely related to
Oryzomys in the
strict sense or to any
other oryzomyine then known, so that it is now
placed in its own genus, Eremoryzomys. The...
-
third molars.
Several traits of the
genitals are not seen in any
other oryzomyine rodent.
Drymoreomys was
first recorded in 1992 by
Meika Mustrangi in the...
- in Pseudoryzomys. Together, they form a
unique ****emblage
within the
oryzomyine tribe, a very
diverse group including over one
hundred species, mainly...
