Cerradomys maracajuensis

Cerradomys maracajuensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Cerradomys
Species:	C. maracajuensis
Binomial name
Cerradomys maracajuensis (Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002)
Synonyms
Oryzomys maracajuensis Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002 [Cerradomys] maracajuensis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Cerradomys maracajuensis, also known as the Maracaju Oryzomys,^[2] is a rodent species from South America. It is terrestrial and is found in gallery forests^[1] in Bolivia, Paraguay and nearby Brazil and Peru.^[3] It was first discovered near the Brazilian city of Maracaju.^[1]

References

Literature cited

• Bonvicino, C., Weksler M. and Percequillo, A. 2008. Cerradomys maracajuensis. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on June 24, 2009.
• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1124. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
• Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 2008. Systematic review of genus Cerradomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3622: 1–46.
• Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.