Oligoryzomys flavescens

Oligoryzomys flavescens
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. flavescens
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys flavescens
(Waterhouse, 1837)

Oligoryzomys flavescens, also known as the flavescent colilargo[2] or yellow pygmy rice rat[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in southern South America, occurring in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 64-66 and FNa = 66-70.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weksler 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" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63 (1): 113–130. ISSN 0365-4508. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

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