Oligoryzomys chacoensis | |
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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.