Transitional colilargo

Transitional colilargo
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification (unresolved)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Microakodontomys
Hershkovitz, 1993
Species: M. transitorius
Binomial name
Microakodontomys transitorius
Hershkovitz, 1993

The transitional colilargo (Microakodontomys transitorius) [2] also known as the intermediate lesser grass mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini known only from two individuals found in the Federal District of Brazil.[1] Although described as a link between oryzomyine and akodontine rodents and placed in its own genus, Microakodontomys, Weksler and coworkers dismissed it as an aberrant Oligoryzomys.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marinho-Filho, J. & Vieira, E. (2010). "Microakodontomys transitorius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. Weksler et al., 2006

Literature cited

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