Oligoryzomys moojeni
(Redirected from Moojen's pygmy rice rat)
| Oligoryzomys moojeni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oligoryzomys |
| Species: | O. moojeni
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| Oligoryzomys moojeni Weksler & Bonvicino, 2005
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Oligoryzomys moojeni is a species of rodent from South America in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is known only from central Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and gallery forests.[1] It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist João Moojen. Its karyotype has 2n = 70 and FNa = 84.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Weksler, M. (2019). "Oligoryzomys moojeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136336A22357619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136336A22357619.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Weksler, M.; Bonvicino, C. R. (2005-01-03). "Taxonomy of pygmy rice rats genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 63 (1): 113–130. ISSN 0365-4508. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
Literature cited
[edit]- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.