Cerradomys maracajuensis (Langguth & Bonvicino, 2002)

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 446

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6727321

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scientific name

Cerradomys maracajuensis
status

 

475. View Plate 23: Cricetidae

Maracaju Rice Rat

Cerradomys maracajuensis View in CoL

French: Cerradomys de Maracaju / German: Maracuja-Cerradomaus / Spanish: Rata arrocera de Maracaju

Other common names: Maracaju Oryzomys

Taxonomy. Oryzomys maracajuensis Langguth & Bonvicino, 2002 View in CoL , Fazenda da Mata, Maracaju Municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Extreme SE Peru (Puno Region), Bolivia, Paraguay, and SC Brazil. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 140-185 mm, tail 171-227 mm, hindfoot 34-43 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Dorsum of the Maracaju Rice Rat is grizzled and brown or yellowish, strongly lined with black. Lateral color is lighter than dorsum. Venter is intense yellow, buffy or grayish buff. Tailis slightly bicolored. Skull is heavily built, large, and robust. Mesopterygoid fossa is fully ossified or with narrow sphenopalatine vacuities. Incisors are opisthodont, and molars are pentalophodont, with well-developed mesolophid. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 56, FN = 54.

Habitat. Open bush and grasses environments, gallery forest, and seasonally flooded areas.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. Pregnant Maracaju Rice Rats were caught in June and September, with two and four embryos.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Anderson (1997), Langguth & Bonvicino (2002), Percequillo (2015b), Percequillo, Hingst-Zaher & Bonvicino (2008).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Cerradomys

Loc

Cerradomys maracajuensis

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Oryzomys maracajuensis

Langguth & Bonvicino 2002
2002
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