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Oligoryzomys vegetus

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(Redirected from Sprightly pygmy rice rat) Species of rodent

Oligoryzomys vegetus
Skull, seen from above.
Holotype skull of Oligoryzomys vegetus from Boquete, Panama.
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 or sprightly pygmy rice rat, 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.

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

Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
Aegialomys
Agathaeromys
Amphinectomys
Carletonomys
Cerradomys
Drymoreomys
Eremoryzomys
Euryoryzomys
Handleyomys
Holochilus
Hylaeamys
Lundomys
Megalomys
Melanomys
Microakodontomys
Microryzomys
Mindomys
Neacomys
Nectomys
Nephelomys
Nesoryzomys
Noronhomys
Oecomys
Oligoryzomys
Oreoryzomys
Oryzomys
Pennatomys
Pseudoryzomys
Reigomys
Scolomys
Sigmodontomys
Sooretamys
Transandinomys
Zygodontomys
Incertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Oligoryzomys vegetus


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