Oligoryzomys nigripes

Oligoryzomys nigripes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species:
O. nigripes
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys nigripes
(Olfers, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Mus nigripes Olfers, 1818
  • Oryzomys delticola Thomas, 1917
  • Hesperomys eliurus Wagner, 1845
  • Hesperomys pygmaeus Wagner, 1845
  • Mus tarso nigro Fischer, 1814
  • Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) utiaritensis J.A. Allen, 1916
Oligoryzomys nigripes is found in South America.

Oligoryzomys nigripes, also known as the black-footed colilargo[2] or the black-footed pygmy rice rat,[1] is a rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. Oligoryzomys nigripes is a species that has been further divided into different sister taxa throughout history. It is found in different countries in South America.[3] It is a large species with long ears, dark yellow to dark brown upperparts, sharply delimited from the whitish underparts, and often a pink girdle on the chest. This species of rat spends much of its life among the trees.[4] The karyotype is 2n = 62, FNa = 78–82.[3]

  1. ^ a b Weksler et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ a b Weksler, M. & Bonvicino, C.R. 2005. Taxonomy of pygmy rice rats genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 63(1):119.
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