Cerradomys maracajuensis

Cerradomys maracajuensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Cerradomys
Species:	C. maracajuensis
Binomial name
Cerradomys maracajuensis (Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002)
Synonyms
Oryzomys maracajuensisLangguth and Bonvicino, 2002 [Cerradomys] maracajuensis Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Cerradomys maracajuensis, also known as the Maracaju oryzomys, ^[2] is a rodent species from South America. It is terrestrial and is found in gallery forests ^[1] in Bolivia, Paraguay and nearby Brazil and Peru. ^[3] It was first discovered near the Brazilian city of Maracaju. ^[1]

References

1. Bonvicino, C.R.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2017). "Cerradomys maracajuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T136276A22338821. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136276A22338821.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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. 1124. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Percequillo, A.R.; Hingst-Zaher, E.; Bonvicino, C.R. (2008). "Systematic review of genus Cerradomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil". American Museum Novitates (3622): 1–46. doi:10.1206/495.1. hdl:2246/5927.

Further reading

• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. S2CID   84088556.