Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Guy G. Musser
Author
Michael D. Carleton
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
501
755
book chapter
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Oryzomys buccinatus
(Olfers, 1818)
.
In
Eschwege, J.
Brasilien
, Neue Bibliothek. Reisenb., 15:209
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Paraguay
, Caraguatay Dept.,
45 km
east of
Asunción
, Atyra
.
DISTRIBUTION: E
Paraguay
and NE
Argentina
.
SYNONYMS:
angouya
(of Desmarest, 1819),
anguya.
COMMENTS: Level of differentiation from
O. subflavus
of E
Brazil
requires study.
Hershkovitz (1959a)
mistakenly included
O. ratticeps
within
O. buccinatus
,
but the two species co-occur in E
Paraguay
(Cabrera, 1961;
Myers, 1982
). As with other names based on
Azara's (1801)
characterizations, the clear fixation of this name to a species morphology and the proper usage of
angouya
Fischer, 1814
, versus
buccinatus
Olfers, 1818
, should be formally established.