- Oligoryzomys andinus
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Oligoryzomys andinus Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Oligoryzomys Species: O. andinus Binomial name Oligoryzomys andinus
(Osgood, 1914)Oligoryzomys andinus, also known as the Andean Colilargo[2] or Andean Pygmy Rice Rat,[1] is a species of rodent in genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes of southern Peru and western Bolivia, but may in fact include more than one species.[1]
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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
- Weksler, M., Zeballos, H. and Bernal, N. 2008. Oligoryzomys andinus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 27, 2009.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Sigmodontinae stubs
- Oryzomyini
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