Oligoryzomys destructor

Oligoryzomys destructor
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. destructor
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys destructor
(Tschudi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Hesperomys destructor Tschudi, 1844
  • Oryzomys stolzmanni maranonicus Osgood, 1914
  • Hesperomys melanostoma Tschudi, 1844
  • Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) spodiurus Hershkovitz, 1940
  • Oryzomys stolzmanni Thomas, 1894

Oligoryzomys destructor, also known as Tschudi's Colilargo[2] or the Destructive Pygmy Rice Rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found along the eastern Andes from southern Colombia, through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia into northern Argentina.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Weksler et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

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