Oligoryzomys stramineus

Oligoryzomys stramineus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. stramineus
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys stramineus
Bonvicino and Weksler, 1998

Oligoryzomys stramineus, also known as the straw-colored colilargo[2] or straw-colored pygmy rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It occurs only in the cerrado and caatinga of northeastern Brazil.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 52 and FNa = 68-70.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004
  4. 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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