Oryzomys bolivaris is a rodent in the genus Transandinomys. It is found in humid forest from northeastern Honduras to western Ecuador. Six scientific names have been introduced for it, but their common identity was not documented until 1998. In the wild, it is known as the “long-whiskered rice rat”
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Oryzomys bolivaris is a rodent in the genus Transandinomys. It is found in humid forest from northeastern Honduras to western Ecuador. It was first described in 1901 from Ecuador. Six scientific names have been introduced for it, but their common identity was not documented until 1998. The species is a medium-sized rice rat distinguished by its very long vibrissae —those above the eyes are up to 50 mm long. The fur, which is soft and dense, is usually dark brown above and light gray below. The feet are long and the tail is about as long as the head and body. The skull is narrow and has a broad interorbital region. The species generally lives on the ground. Although it is rare, its conservation status is thought to be secure. In 1901, Joel Asaph Allen described four new species of rice rat: three from Ecuador and the Peruvian OryZomys perenensis. He distinguished the three on the basis of coloration, size, and relative tail length. He kept the three described subspecies—alleni from Nicaragua to western Panama, bombycinus from central Panama, and orinus from eastern Panama to Ecuador. In 1966 the species was first recorded from Colombia.
In 1998, Musser and colleagues documented the fully allocation of the names bolvaris, castaneus, rivularis, bom bycinus, and alleni, to the same species, OryzOMys bolavaris. They noted its similarity to its species, but did not attempt to determine the phylogenetic relationships among the species. In 2006, the name bolivari was used before it was moved to a new genus, Transand inomys, with the name talamancae in place of bolvari. In 2009, the genus was expanded to include all five species of the genus, including the new name bolavari. It has been recorded from Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ecuador, as well as Colombia and Venezuela. It can grow up to 1,800 m (3,500 ft) in length and weighs up to 20 pounds (8.5 kilograms) in total. It lives in humid forests. It feeds on insects, grasses, insects, and other small insects. It also has a very long tail, which can reach up to 10 inches (3.5 metres) long, and a narrow, narrow, and narrow snout. The head is narrow, with a narrow interorbitals region, and it has a wide, broad, and broad nasal region. In the wild, it is known as the “long-whiskered rice rat”
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