Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Oligoryzomys chacoensis

Description

Oligoryzomys chacoensis (Myers and Carleton, 1981). Mise. Pubi. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 161: 19.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, Boqueron Dept., km 419 along Trans Chaco Hwy, northwest of Villa Hayes.

DISTRIBUTION: Dryer habitats of W Paraguay, SE Bolivia, WC Brazil, and N Argentina. May be more broadly distributed in cerrado and caatinga habitats in SE Brazil.

COMMENTS: Karyotype reported by Myers and Carleton (1981); morphometric variation by Myers and Carleton (1981) and Olds and Anderson (1987). Status with regard to O. andinus unresolved.

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 717, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Scientific name authorship
Myers and Carleton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Oligoryzomys
Species
chacoensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oligoryzomys chacoensis (and, 1981) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Myers, P., and M. D. Carleton. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara's " Rat sixieme ou rat a tarse noir ". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 161: 1 - 41.
  • Anderson, S., T. L. Yates, and J. A. Cook. 1987. Notes on Bolivian Mammals 4: The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) in the eastern lowlands. American Museum Novitates, 2891: 1 - 20.