Oligoryzomys vegetus

Oligoryzomys vegetus
Skull, seen from above.
Holotype skull of Oligoryzomys vegetus from Boquete, Panama.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species:
O. vegetus
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys vegetus
(Bangs, 1902)

Oligoryzomys vegetus, also known as the sprightly colilargo[2] or sprightly pygmy rice rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Timm, R. (2016). "Oligoryzomys vegetus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T15254A22358033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15254A22358033.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Oligoryzomys vegetus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1144. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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