Oligoryzomys rupestris

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Oligoryzomys rupestris

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species:
O. rupestris
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys rupestris
Weksler & Bonvicino, 2005

Oligoryzomys rupestris is a species of

montane savanna ecoregion.[1] This is a small Oligoryzomys species with a gray head, a yellow-brown back and gray belly and tail.[2] Of the two karyotypic forms described by Silva & Yonenaga-Yassuda in 1998,[3] species 1 is probably identical to O. rupestris, while the other (species 2) is closely related. Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FNa = 52.[2]

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