Oligoryzomys chacoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Oligoryzomys |
Species: | O. chacoensis
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Binomial name | |
Oligoryzomys chacoensis (Myers & Carleton, 1981)
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Oligoryzomys chacoensis, also known as the Chacoan colilargo[2] or Chacoan pygmy rice rat,[1] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in the Gran Chaco region of southeastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 58 and FNa = 74.[3]
It is one of the hosts of the hantavirus serotype Bermejo.