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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oligoryzomys
SPECIES Oligoryzomys griseolus
| Author: | Osgood, 1912. | | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 49. | | Common Name: | Grizzled Colilargo | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Táchira State, upper Río Táchira, west of Páramo de Tamá, 6000-7000 ft (1830-2130 m). | | Distribution: | Táchira Andes of extreme W Venezuela and Cordillera Oriental of E Colombia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | As noted by Osgood (1912) and verified by specimens in USNM, this distinctive form contrasts sharply with neighboring populations of O. fulvescens (e.g., navus and tenuipes) and instead resembles O. vegetus of lower Middle America. |
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