Oligoryzomys moojeni

Oligoryzomys moojeni
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oligoryzomys
Species:	O. moojeni Weksler and Bonvicino, 2005
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys moojeni

Oligoryzomys moojeni is a species of rodent from South America in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is known only from central Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and gallery forests.^[1] It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist João Moojen.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Weksler and Bonvicino, 2008

Literature cited

• 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=13000765. 
• Weksler, M. and Bonvicino, C. 2008. Oligoryzomys moojeni. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 2009.