Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Oryzomys > Oryzomys dimidiatusOryzomys dimidiatus (Thomas's rice rat)Oryzomys dimidiatus, also known as the Nicaraguan oryzomys, Thomas's rice rat, or Nicaraguan rice rat, is a rodent in the genus Oryzomys of the family Cricetidae. It is known from only three specimens, all collected in southeastern Nicaragua since 1904. Placed in Nectomys upon its discovery, it was later classified in its own subgenus of Oryzomys and finally recognized as closely related to other species now placed in Oryzomys, including the marsh rice rat and Oryzomys couesi, which occurs in the same region. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.53 EDGE Score: 1.26 |
| Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [1] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 20 % | | Diet - Plants [1] | 40 % | | Diet - Seeds [1] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [1] | 100 % |  | | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 8 inches (20 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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