HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Oligoryzomys
SPECIES Oligoryzomys magellanicus
Author: | Bennett, 1835. | Actual Date: | 1836 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 191. | Common Name: | Patagonian Colilargo | Type Locality: | Chile, Magallanes Prov., Straits of Magellan, Port Famine. | Distribution: | S Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina, including Tierra del Fuego. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Karyotypic, morphometric, and phallic differentiation from O. longicaudatus supports the specific recognition of O. magellanicus (Gallardo and Palma, 1990; Gallardo and Patterson, 1985). |
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