Authority citation: Bonvicino, C.R. 2003. A new species of Oryzomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the subflavus group from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Mammalian Biology 68(2):78-90.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00066
Original name as described: Oryzomys marinhus
Nominal names: marinhus (Bonvicino, 2003)
Other common names: Marinho's Cerradomys|Marinho's Oryzomys
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Oryzomyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MN 63830
Type locality: Fazenda Sertão Formoso (= Fazenda Jucurutu), altitude around 775 m, Jaborandi municipality, Goiás, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Cerradomys
Citation: Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. R., & Voss, R. S. (2006). Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates, 2006(3537), 1-29.
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