Oligoryzomys fulvescens: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the oligoryzomys fulvescens lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the oligoryzomys fulvescens live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the oligoryzomys fulvescens in 3 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Marabá.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the oligoryzomys fulvescens endangered?

The oligoryzomys fulvescens’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the oligoryzomys fulvescens?

The oligoryzomys fulvescens (Oligoryzomys fulvescens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Oligoryzomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the oligoryzomys fulvescens

Oligoryzomys fulvescens, also known as the fulvous colilargo, fulvous pygmy rice rat, or northern pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America into South America, where it occurs south into Peru and Brazil, and includes numerous synonyms, including the type species of the genus, Oryzomys navus Bangs, 1899. The taxonomy of this species is unresolved, and it may be found to contain more than one species. Its karyotype has 2n = 54-60 and FNa = 68–74.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Oligoryzomys fulvescens (revision 1353440867), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1760881 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).