Transitional colilargo

The transitional colilargo (Microakodontomys transitorius) [2] also known as the intermediate lesser grass mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini known only from two individuals found in the Federal District of Brazil.[1] Although described as a link between oryzomyine and akodontine rodents and placed in its own genus, Microakodontomys, Weksler and coworkers dismissed it as an aberrant Oligoryzomys.[3]

Transitional colilargo
Scientific classification
(disputed)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Microakodontomys
Hershkovitz, 1993
Species:
M. transitorius
Binomial name
Microakodontomys transitorius

References

  1. Marinho-Filho, J. & Vieira, E. (2010). "Microakodontomys transitorius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T136468A4295568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T136468A4295568.en.
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Weksler et al., 2006

Literature cited


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