Oligoryzomys

Oligoryzomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900
Species
Oligoryzomys andinus Oligoryzomys arenalis Oligoryzomys brendae Oligoryzomys chacoensis Oligoryzomys destructor Oligoryzomys flavescens Oligoryzomys fornesi Oligoryzomys fulvescens Oligoryzomys griseolus Oligoryzomys longicaudatus Oligoryzomys magellanicus Oligoryzomys microtis Oligoryzomys moojeni Oligoryzomys nigripes Oligoryzomys rupestris Oligoryzomys stramineus Oligoryzomys vegetus †Oligoryzomys victus

Oligoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Many species are known as pygmy rice rats or colilargos. The genus is found from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and includes about 17 species.

In Argentina and Chile Oligoryzomys longicaudatus and other members of the genus represent the reservoir for the hantavirus strain Andes virus (ANDV) (Wells et al., 1997; Levis et al., 1998; Cantoni et al., 2001).

Literature cited

• IUCN. 2009. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Version 2009.2. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
• 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. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.