Oligoryzomys vegetus

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Oligoryzomys vegetus
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Holotype skull of Oligoryzomys vegetus from Boquete, Panama.
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
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. Musser and Carleton, 2005

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