Oligoryzomys vegetus

Oligoryzomys vegetus
Holotype skull of Oligoryzomys vegetus from Boquete, Panama.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. 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

Literature cited

• 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. 1144. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
• Timm, R. and Woodman, N. 2008. Oligoryzomys vegetus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 2009.