Cerradomys maracajuensis

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]

Cerradomys maracajuensis
Scientific classification
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 maracajuensis Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002
[Cerradomys] maracajuensis: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

References
  1. Bonvicino et al., 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Percequillo et al., 2008

Literature cited
  • Bonvicino, C.R., Weksler, M. & Percequillo, A. (2017). "Cerradomys maracajuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136276A22338821. Retrieved 21 July 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  • 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.
  • Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 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.
  • Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815.


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