Pygmy rice rat

Taxobox | name = Pygmy Rice Rat
fossil_range = Pleistocene to Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
genus = "Oligoryzomys"
genus_authority = Bangs, 1900
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Oligoryzomys andinus"
"Oligoryzomys arenalis"
"Oligoryzomys brendae"
"Oligoryzomys chacoensis"
"Oligoryzomys delticola"
"Oligoryzomys destructor"
"Oligoryzomys eliurus"
"Oligoryzomys flavescens"
"Oligoryzomys fornesi"
"Oligoryzomys fulvescens"
"Oligoryzomys griseolus"
"Oligoryzomys longicaudatus"
"Oligoryzomys magellanicus"
"Oligoryzomys microtis"
"Oligoryzomys moojeni"
"Oligoryzomys nigripes"
"Oligoryzomys rupestris"
"Oligoryzomys stramineus"
"Oligoryzomys vegetus"
"Oligoryzomys victus"The pygmy Rice Rats form a genus ("Oligoryzomys") of rice rats.

In Argentina and Chile the long-tailed rice rat, "Oligoryzomys longicaudatus", and other species of the genus "Oligoryzomys" represent the reservoir for the Hantavirus strain Andes virus (ANDV) (Wells et al., 1997; Levis et al., 1998; Cantoni et al., 2001). It contains the following species:

* Andean Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys andinus)"
* Sandy Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys arenalis)"
* Brenda's colilargo - "(Oligoryzomys brendae)"
* Chacoan Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys chacoensis)"
* Delta Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys delticola)"
* Destructive Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys destructor)"
* Brazilian Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys eliurus)"
* Yellow Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys flavescens)"
* Fornes' Colilargo - "(Oligoryzomys fornesi)"
* Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys fulvescens)"
* Grayish Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys griseolus)"
* Long-tailed Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys longicaudatus)"
* Magellanic Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys magellanicus)"
* Small-eared Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys microtis)"
* Oligoryzomys moojeni
* Black-footed Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys nigripes)"
* Oligoryzomys rupestris
* Straw-colored Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys stramineus("
* Sprightly Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys vegetus)"
* St. Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat - "(Oligoryzomys victus)"