Oligoryzomys microtis

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Oligoryzomys microtis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. microtis
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys microtis
Allen, 1916

Oligoryzomys microtis, also known as the small-eared colilargo[2] or small-eared pygmy rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in western Brazil, eastern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Paraguay.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 64 and FNa = 66.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Patton et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Weksler, M.; Bonvicino, C. R. (2005-01-03). "Taxonomy of pygmy rice rats genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63 (1): 113–130. ISSN 0365-4508. Retrieved 2012-04-22. 

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