Cerradomys marinhus

Cerradomys marinhus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Cerradomys
Species:	C. marinhus
Binomial name
Cerradomys marinhus (Bonvicino, 2003)
Synonyms
Oryzomys marinhus Bonvicino, 2003 [Cerradomys] marinhus: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006

Cerradomys marinhus, also known as Marinho's oryzomys,^[2] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Minas Gerais, Brazil.^[3] It was formerly known as Oryzomys marinhus, but was transferred to the new genus Cerradomys in 2006.^[4]

References

1. Bonvicino and Percequillo, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Percequillo et al., 2008
4. Weksler et al., 2006

Literature cited

• Bonvicino, C. and Percequillo, A. 2008. Cerradomys marinhus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on March 15, 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
• Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 2008. Systematic review of genus Cerradomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3622: 1–46.
• Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.