Gray-bellied Brucie

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Gray-bellied Brucie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Brucepattersonius Species: B. griserufescens
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius griserufescens Hershkovitz, 1998

The Gray-bellied Brucie, Brucepattersonius griserufescens, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It was one of four species of Brucie originally described by Hershkovitz (1998); another, the White-nosed Brucie (B. albinasus), was subsequently found to be the same species as the Gray-bellied Brucie (Vilela et al., 2006).

[edit] References

• Hershkovitz, P. (1998). Report of some sigmodontinae rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with description of a new genus and six new species. Bonner Zoologische Beitraege, 47, 193-256.
• Vilela, J. F., J. A. de Oliveira, and C. R. Bonvicino (2006). Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Zootaxa, 1199, 61-68.
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