Chacoan Pygmy Rice Rat
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Oligoryzomys chacoensis, also known as the Chacoan Colilargo or Chacoan Pygmy Rice Rat, is a rodent
species
from South America. It is found in the Gran Chaco
region of southeastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.
It is one of the hosts of the Hantavirus
serotype Bermejo
.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
from South America. It is found in the Gran Chaco
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region...
region of southeastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.
It is one of the hosts of the Hantavirus
Hantavirus
Hantaviruses are negative sense RNA viruses in the Bunyaviridae family. Humans may be infected with hantaviruses through rodent bites, urine, saliva or contact with rodent waste products...
serotype Bermejo
Bermejo
- Geographic Locations :*Bermejo Department, Chaco, Argentina*Bermejo Pass, an alternate name for Uspallata Pass, Argentina*Bermejo River, a tributary of the Paraguay River, South America*Bermejo, Tarija Department, Bolivia**Bermejo Airport...
.
Literature cited
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Weksler, M., Bonvicino, C., Pardinas, U., Teta, P., Jayat, J.P. and D'Elia, G. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 27, 2009.