Oligoryzomys fornesi

Oligoryzomys fornesi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. fornesi
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys fornesi
(Massoia, 1973)

Oligoryzomys fornesi, also known as Fornes' colilargo,[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found from northeastern Brazil via Paraguay into northeastern Argentina.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 62 and FNa = 64.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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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