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Oligoryzomys chacoensis

Oligoryzomys chacoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Species: O. chacoensis
Binomial name
Oligoryzomys chacoensis
(Myers and Carleton, 1981)

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. Its karyotype has 2n = 58 and FNa = 74.

It is one of the hosts of the hantavirus serotype Bermejo.


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