Oryzomys capito (rodent)

Mass: 58.0 g based on da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 and Mares et al. 1986

Abundance: 0.31 to 40.59% (median 24.50%)

Latitudinal range: -24.5° to 10.1°

Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3)

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Found in 4 samples

Brazil: Abismo Iguatemi (Late Pleistocene)

Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1990 snap traps)

Venezuela: Parque Nacional Guatopo

Size measurements:
♀ body mass63 gN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ body mass60 gN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
body mass40 gN = 1Mares et al. 1986
body mass75 gN = 1Mares et al. 1986
♀ ear length21 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ ear length22 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♀ head and body length132 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ head and body length122 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♀ hind foot length34 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ hind foot length32 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
hind foot length29.9 mmN = 20Fleming 1970
♀ tail length129 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ tail length115 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
tail length125.3 mmN = 20Fleming 1970
total body length252.5 mmN = 20Fleming 1970

See also Oryzomys, Oryzomys alfaroi, Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys chapmani, Oryzomys couesi, Oryzomys longicaudatus, Oryzomys melanotis, Oryzomys nigripes, Oryzomys palustris, Oryzomys sp.