Oligoryzomys flavescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Oligoryzomys |
Species: | O. flavescens
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Binomial name | |
Oligoryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse, 1837)
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Oligoryzomys flavescens, also known as the flavescent colilargo[2] or yellow pygmy rice rat[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in southern South America, occurring in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 64-66 and FNa = 66–70.[3]