- of
these have been
reversed in some
oryzomyines; for example, an
alisphenoid strut is
present in
several oryzomyines,
including Eremoryzomys. The contents...
-
characteristic of the Sigmodontinae) with some
traits that are rare
among oryzomyines;
these characteristics are
unknown in the
other species of this genus...
-
faunas mostly consist of
oryzomyines,
members of a
distantly related group of rodents, and
include two of the
largest known oryzomyines,
Megalomys desmarestii...
- few
other animals now
considered oryzomyines lack
complete mesoloph(id)s, but they are
absent in
various non-
oryzomyines, some of
which had
previously been...
-
length of 3.59 mm and
width of 2.53 mm, C. cailoi was one of the
largest oryzomyines known,
rivaled only by
Lundomys and the
extinct Antillean Megalomys and...
- chromosome—are
consistent with the
pattern seen in
other oryzomyines. However, no
other oryzomyine has
exactly the same
karyotype as D. albimaculatus. Other...
-
unique among oryzomyines. The
female has four
pairs of teats, and the gall
bladder is absent, both
important characters of
oryzomyines. The head and...
-
Sooretamys angouya among oryzomyines. The squamae,
small structures resembling scales that
cover the
soles of the
hindfeet in many
oryzomyines, are well developed...
-
tectus group (more or less = Oecomys). In his 1962
study of
Antillean oryzomyines, however,
American paleontologist Clayton Ray
reaffirmed its affinities...
- also
including two
species of Holochilus, Lundomys, and five
other oryzomyines. They
found that
Noronhomys appeared closest to Holochilus, with Lundomys...
