Oligoryzomys nigripes
| Oligoryzomys nigripes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Oligoryzomys |
| Species: | O. nigripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligoryzomys nigripes (Olfers, 1818) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oligoryzomys nigripes, also known as the black-footed colilargo[2] or the black-footed pygmy rice rat,[1] is a rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found from Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil through the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado into Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina, where it occurs in the provinces of Chaco, Misiones, and Buenos Aires.[3]
Two other species, Oligoryzomys delticola (also known as the delta pygmy rice rat[4] or the large colilargo)[2] and Oligoryzomys eliurus (also known as the Brazilian pygmy rice rat[5] or the Brazilian colilargo)[2] have been recognized as synonyms of O. nigripes since 2005; they cannot be distinguished on the basis of morphology, karyotype, or morphometrics.[6]
It is a large species with long ears, dark yellow to dark brown upperparts, sharply delimited from the whitish underparts, and often a pink girdle on the chest. The karyotype is 2n = 62, FNa = 78–82.[3]
References
Literature cited
- Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. Oligoryzomys nigripes. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 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. 1143. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Pardinas, U. and D'Elia, G. 2008. Oligoryzomys nigripes. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 2009.
- Weksler, M. & Bonvicino, C.R. 2005. Taxonomy of pygmy rice rats genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 63(1):113–130.
- Weksler, M., Bonvicino, C., D'Elia, G. and Teta, P. 2008. Oligoryzomys nigripes. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 2009.