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Fulvous pygmy rice rat
Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Rodents

Fulvous pygmy rice rat

Oligoryzomys fulvescens (Saussure, 1860)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFulvous pygmy rice rat
DutchNoordelijke Dwergrijstrat
SpanishRata arrocera pigmea
Chinese黄褐侏稻鼠
Scientific nameOligoryzomys fulvescens (Saussure, 1860)

About this species

Oligoryzomys fulvescens, also known as the fulvous colilargo, fulvous pygmy rice rat, or northern pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America into South America, where it occurs south into Peru and Brazil, and includes numerous synonyms, including the type species of the genus, Oryzomys navus Bangs, 1899. The taxonomy of this species is unresolved, and it may be found to contain more than one species. Its karyotype has 2n = 54-60 and FNa = 68–74.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusOligoryzomys

In Suriname

137Records in Suriname
1959First record
1975Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para25

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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