This serves as an overview for my Oryzomyini project, aimed at improving the coverage of Oryzomyini on Wikipedia to as high a level as possible.
Style notes edit
From comments at Talk:Brazilian False Rice Rat/GA1, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lundomys/archive1, and Wikipedia:Peer review/Lund's Amphibious Rat/archive1, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pseudoryzomys/archive1, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Noronhomys/archive1, Talk:Carletonomys/GA1, general Wikipedia guidelines, and striving for consistency.
- Naming
Scientific names should generally be used for oryzomyines (see WT:MAMMAL#Common names; User:Ucucha/Titles). When non-oryzomyine species are mentioned, they should also be referred to by the scientific name, not the vernacular name, if appropriate, even though the article is likely located at the common name.
Standard move message:
vernacular name is not really in common use, so scientific name should be used (see [[WP:RODENT#Guidelines]] and [[User:Ucucha/Titles]])
- Organization
The lead should incorporate the main points of the article, including at least some points from each section. The next two sections should generally be "Taxonomy" and "Description", followed by others as required, including most often "Distribution and habitat" or something similar. This should really depend on the nature of the article: Megalomys audreyae shouldn't have as many sections as a much more well-known animal such as Holochilus sciureus.
- Technical terms
Generally avoid them (terms like "dorsal", though common in scientific descriptions, can often be eliminated in favor of more lay-friendly terms through rephrasing). If not, explain briefly what they refer to ("a crest on the molars", "the roof of the tympanic cavity").
- Measurements
Use {{convert}}, except for skull and other technical measurements. Convert into mi (distances), ft (altitudes), in (measurements), or oz (mass). Use semicolons between long lists of measurements.
- Linking
Pages should generally be linked at most twice: once in the lead and once in the body of the article.
- References
Should be as in Lundomys. More specifically: Use {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}. Do not use & between author names. Use dashes between page numbers. Do not italicize et al.[1] Link to an online version where possible. Indicate the language of the article (when not English).
- Images
Give good alt text (verifiable from the image for a non-specialist).
Useful references edit
- Bonvicino, C.R., Oliveira, J.A. and D'Andrea, P.S. 2008. Guia dos Roedores do Brasil, com chaves para gêneros baseadas em caracteres externos. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Pan-Americano de Febre Aftosa – OPAS/OMS, 120 pp. (in Portuguese). ISSN 0101-6970
- Carleton, M.D. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:94–127.
- Carleton, M.D. and Olson, S.L. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256:1–59.
- Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 071366021X
- Freitas, T.R.O., Mattevi, M.S., Oliveira, L.F.B., Souza, M.J., Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. and Salzano, F.M. 1983. Chromosome relationships in three representatives of the genus Holochilus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Brazil (subscription required). Genetica 61:13–20.
- Goldman, E.A. 1918. The rice rats of North America. North American Fauna 43:1–100.
- González, E., D'Elía, G. and Pardiñas, U. 2008. Lundomys molitor. In IUCN. 2009. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Version 2009.2. Retrieved on November 3, 2009.
- Hershkovitz, P.M. 1955. South American marsh rats, genus Holochilus, with a summary of sigmodont rodents. Fieldiana Zoology 37:619–673.
- Hopwood, A.T. 1926. A fossil rice-rat from the Pleistocene of Barbuda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17:328–330.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth edition. London: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. ISBN 0 85301 006 4
- MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam: The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. Pp. 333–371 in MacPhee, R.D.E. (ed.). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. New York: Plenum Press.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Oliveira, É.V. and Kerber, L. 2009. Paleontologia e aspectos geológicos das sucessões do final do Neógeno no sudoeste do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Gaea 5(1):21–34 (in Spanish).
- Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2008. A new genus of oryzomyine rodent (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Pleistocene of Argentina (subscription required). Journal of Mammalogy 89(5):1270–1278.
- Pardiñas, U.F.J. and Deschamps, C. 1996. Sigmodontinos (Mammalia, Rodentia) Pleistocenicos del sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina): Aspectos sistematicos, paleozoogeograficos y paleoambientales. Estudios Geologicos 52:367–379 (in Spanish).
- Pardiñas, U.F.J. and Lezcano, M.J. 1995. Cricetidos (Mammalia: Rodentia) del Pleistoceno tardio del nordeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Aspectos sistematicos y paleoambientales. Ameghiniana 32(3):249–265 (in Spanish).
- Pardiñas, U.F.J., D'Elía, G. and Ortiz, P.E. 2002. Sigmodontinos fósiles (Rodentia, Muroidea, Sigmodontinae) de América del sur: Estado actual de su conocimiento y prospectiva. Mastozoología Neotropical 9(2):209–252 (in Spanish).
- Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 2008. Systematic review of genus Cerradomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3622: 1–46.
- Ray, C.E. 1962. The Oryzomyine Rodents of the Antillean Subregion. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Harvard University, 211 pp.
- Rinker, G.C. 1954. The comparative myology of the mammalian genera Sigmodon, Oryzomys, Neotoma, and Peromyscus (Cricetinae), with remarks on their intergeneric relationships. Miscellaneous Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 83:1–124.
- Steppan, S.J. 1996. A new species of Holochilus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Bolivia and its phylogenetic significance (subscription required). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):522–530.
- Ubilla, M., Perea, D., Aguilar, C.G. and Lorenzo, N. 2004. Late Pleistocene vertebrates from northern Uruguay: tools for biostratigraphic, climatic and environmental reconstruction (subscription required). Quaternary International 114:129–142.
- Voss, R.S. and Carleton, M.D. 1993. A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3085:1–39.
- Voss, R.S., Gómez-Laverde, M. and Pacheco, V. 2002. A new genus for Aepeomys fuscatus Allen, 1912, and Oryzomys intectus Thomas, 1921: Enigmatic murid rodents from Andean cloud forests. American Museum Novitates 3373:1–42.
- Voss, R.S. and Myers, P. 1991. Pseudoryzomys simplex (Rodentia: Muridae) and the significance of Lund's collections from the caves of Lagoa Santa, Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206:414–432.
- Weksler, M. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 196:1–149.
- Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.
- Winge, H. 1887. Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien. E Museo Lundii 1(3):1–200.
List and assessment of articles edit
This section lists all oryzomyine topics that merit Wikipedia articles along with an assessment of the currently existing article. Assessment categories are as follows:
- N (none): article does not exist.
- P (Polbot class): article either created by Polbot or of similar quality. Such articles are one- to two-sentence stubs that typically only include basic taxonomy, distribution, and habitat information.
- P+ (Polbot-plus class): as above, but expanded a little more. No more than a few paragraphs.
- D (decent class): article is at least a few paragraphs in length and addresses several aspects of the species.
- G (good class): article provides a reasonably complete overview of the species.
- GA (Good Article class): article is a good article.
- FA (Featured Article class): article is a featured article or other kind of featured page.
(DYK) indicates the article has been at did you know.
Basal edit
- Oryzomyini D
- Mindomys = Mindomys hammondi FA (DYK)
- Scolomys P
- Zygodontomys[2] P
- Megaoryzomys[3] = Megaoryzomys curioi P+
- Oryzomys anoblepas G (DYK)
- "Ekbletomys" GA (DYK)
Related edit
- Rodents of the Caribbean G (DYK)
Clade B edit
- Euryoryzomys D
- Handleyomys N
- Hylaeamys D
- Nephelomys D (DYK)
- Nephelomys albigularis D (DYK)
- Nephelomys auriventer D (DYK)
- Nephelomys caracolus D (DYK)
- Nephelomys childi D (DYK)
- Nephelomys devius D (DYK)
- Nephelomys keaysi D (DYK)
- Nephelomys levipes D (DYK)
- Nephelomys meridensis D (DYK)
- Nephelomys moerex D (DYK)
- Nephelomys nimbosus D (DYK)
- Nephelomys pectoralis D (DYK)
- Nephelomys pirrensis D (DYK)
- Oecomys P
- Oecomys auyantepui P
- Oecomys bicolor P
- Oecomys catherinae P+
- Oecomys cleberi P
- Oecomys flavicans P
- Oecomys concolor P
- Oecomys mamorae P
- Oecomys paricola P
- Oecomys phaeotis P
- Oecomys rex P
- Oecomys roberti P
- Oecomys rutilus P
- Oecomys speciosus P
- Oecomys superans P
- Oecomys sydandersoni GA (DYK)
- Oecomys trinitatis P
- Transandinomys D
Clade C edit
- Microryzomys P
- Neacomys P
- Oligoryzomys[4] P+
- Oligoryzomys andinus P
- Oligoryzomys arenalis P
- Oligoryzomys brendae P
- Oligoryzomys chacoensis P
- Oligoryzomys destructor P
- Oligoryzomys flavescens P
- Oligoryzomys fornesi P
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens P
- Oligoryzomys griseolus P
- Oligoryzomys longicaudatus P
- Oligoryzomys magellanicus P
- Oligoryzomys microtis P
- Oligoryzomys moojeni P+
- Oligoryzomys nigripes P
- Oligoryzomys rupestris P+
- Oligoryzomys stramineus P
- Microakodontomys transitorius[5] P
- Oligoryzomys vegetus P
- Oligoryzomys victus D
- Oreoryzomys = Oreoryzomys balneator P
Clade D edit
- Eremoryzomys = Eremoryzomys polius D
- Cerradomys D
- Sooretamys = Sooretamys angouya P
- Oryzomys D
- Oryzomys albiventer GA (DYK)
- Oryzomys antillarum D
- Oryzomys couesi D
- Oryzomys dimidiatus FA (DYK)
- Oryzomys gorgasi FA (DYK)
- Oryzomys nelsoni GA (DYK)
- Oryzomys palustris G (DYK)
- Oryzomys peninsulae GA (DYK)
- Pseudoryzomys = Pseudoryzomys simplex FA (DYK)
- Lundomys = Lundomys molitor FA (DYK)
- Carletonomys = Carletonomys cailoi GA (DYK)
- Noronhomys = Noronhomys vespuccii FA (DYK)
- Holochilus P
- Aegialomys D
- Nesoryzomys P
- Amphinectomys = Amphinectomys savamis D
- Nectomys P
- Sigmodontomys P
- Melanomys P
- Megalomys P+
Common names edit
- See also User:Ucucha/Sigmodontinae, which lists other sigmodontines.
This is a list of common names used for all oryzomyine species. Lists from three specific sources giving fairly complete lists of common names are included, as are some names from other sources. The "Wikipedia" column gives the location where the Wikipedia article currently is, with SN = scientific name.
The common names reported for genera are taken by implication from the species names; they are not generally reported separately in the sources.
Notes edit
- ^ See use–mention distinction
- ^ Taxonomy is tricky here – Weksler elevated Z. b. cherriei to species, but have to see whether that's good enough to be accepted here.
- ^ Confirmation is needed that it is in fact a rice rat
- ^ Including Microakodontomys!
- ^ Not entirely sure what to do with it
- ^ a b c d e f g Jones and Engstrom, 1986, Occ. Pap. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 103
- ^ Goldman, 1918, N. Am. Fauna 43:80
- ^ Goldman, 1920, Smithson. Misc. Coll. 69(5):100
- ^ No, I'm not kidding
- ^ Several fairly old papers (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Swamp+Rice+Rat%22)
- ^ Maia et al., 1984, Genetica 63:121–128
- ^ Jones and Engstrom, 1986, Occ. Pap. Texas Tech Univ. 103:2