Oligoryzomys rupestris is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is known only from eastern Brazil, where it has been found in several localities in the campos rupestres montane savanna ecoregion.[1] This is a small Oligoryzomys species with a gray head, a yellow-brown back and gray belly and tail.[2] Of the two karyotypic forms described by Silva & Yonenaga-Yassuda in 1998,[3] species 1 is probably identical to O. rupestris, while the other (species 2) is closely related. Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FNa = 52.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Oligoryzomys |
| Species: | O. rupestris
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| Oligoryzomys rupestris Weksler & Bonvicino, 2005
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References
edit- ^ a b Weksler, M. (2019). "Oligoryzomys rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136425A22357780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136425A22357780.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Weksler, M.; Bonvicino, C. R. (2005-01-03). "Taxonomy of pygmy rice rats genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 63 (1): 113–130. ISSN 0365-4508. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ^ Silva, M. J.; Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. (December 1997). "New karyotype of two related species of Oligoryzomys genus (Cricetidae, Rodentia) involving centric fusion with loss of NORs and distribution of telomeric (TTAGGG)n sequences". Hereditas. 127 (3): 217–229. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00217.x. PMID 9474904.