- Cerradomys scotti
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Cerradomys scotti Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Cerradomys Species: C. scotti Binomial name Cerradomys scotti
(Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002)Synonyms Oryzomys scotti Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002
Oryzomys andersoni Brooks and Baker, 2004
[Cerradomys] scotti: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006
Cerradomys andersoni: Dunnum and Vargas, 2008Cerradomys scotti, also known as Lindbergh's Oryzomys,[2] is a rodent species from South America in the genus Cerradomys. It is terrestrial and is found in the cerrado (savanna) ecozone of south central Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.[1] The species is common and appears to tolerate a degree of agricultural habitat modification.[1]
It was first described in 2002 as Oryzomys scotti, after zoologist Scott Lindbergh.[3] In 2004, another new species, Oryzomys andersoni, was described by a team from Texas Tech University on the basis of a specimen taken at Pozo Mario, Santa Cruz Department, southeastern Bolivia. It was named after eminent mammalogist Sydney Anderson in honor of his contributions to the study of Bolivian mammals.[4] It was subsequently recognized as belonging to the same species as Oryzomys scotti on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.[5] In 2006, the species was transferred to the new genus Cerradomys, so that it became known as Cerradomys scotti, with Oryzomys andersoni as a junior synonym.[6]
The holotype of Oryzomys andersoni has a white belly and a grey–brown back with a black dorsal stripe. It has head-body length 111 mm, tail length 122 mm, hindfoot length 30 mm, ear length 17 mm and weight 37 g.[7] It was collected in cerrado habitat. Other mammals found in the same area include the Monodelphis domestica, Proechimys longicaudatus, Sciurus spadiceus, Galea spixii, Dasyprocta punctata, the Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), the Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous), the Red Brocket (Mazama americana), and the Brown Brocket (Mazama gouazoupira).[8]
References
Literature cited
- Bonvicino, C., Weksler M. and Percequillo, A. 2008. Cerradomys scotti. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org> . Downloaded on November 7, 2009.
- Brooks, D.M., Baker, R.J., Vargas M., R.J., Tarifa, T., Aranibar, H. and Rojas, J.M. 2004. A new species of Oryzomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from an isolated pocket of cerrado in eastern Bolivia. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 241:1-11.
- Dunnum, J. and Vargas, J. 2008. Cerradomys andersoni. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 7, 2009.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000821.
- 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.
Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae · Subfamily: Sigmodontinae†Agathaeromys†A. donovani · †A. praeuniversitatisAmphinectomysA. savamis†Carletonomys†C. cailoiEuryoryzomysHandleyomysHylaeamysN. dubosti · N. guianae · N. minutus · N. musseri · N. paracou · N. pictus · N. spinosus · N. tenuipesO. auyantepui · O. bicolor · O. catherinae · O. cleberi · O. concolor · O. flavicans · O. mamorae · O. paricola · O. phaeotis · O. rex · O. roberti · O. rutilus · O. speciosus · O. superans · O. sydandersoni · O. trinitatisO. albiventer · †O. antillarum · O. couesi · O. dimidiatus · O. gorgasi · †O. nelsoni · Marsh rice rat (O. palustris) (parasites) · O. peninsulae†Pennatomys†P. nivalisPseudoryzomysP. simplexS. melanops · S. ucayalensisS. alfari · S. aphrastusTransandinomys
(Book)Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Sigmodontinae stubs
- Mammals of Brazil
- Oryzomyini
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