Cerradomys subflavus

Cerradomys subflavus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Cerradomys
Species:	C. subflavus
Binomial name
Cerradomys subflavus (Wagner, 1842)
Synonyms
Mus vulpinus Lund, 1840 Hesperomys subflavus Wagner, 1842 Mus vulpinoides Schinz, 1845 Oryzomys subflavus: Thomas, 1901 [Cerradomys] subflavus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Cerradomys subflavus, also known as the terraced rice rat^[1] or flavescent oryzomys,^[2] is a rodent species from South America in the genus Cerradomys. It is found in the states of Goiás, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Populations in Bolivia, Paraguay, and elsewhere in Brazil that were previously placed in this species are now classified as various other species of Cerradomys.^[3]

References

Literature cited

• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Percequillo, A. and Langguth, A. 2008. Cerradomys subflavus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on April 24, 2009.
• 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.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815.