Oligoryzomys nigripes: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the oligoryzomys nigripes lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Oligoryzomys nigripes
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the oligoryzomys nigripes live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the oligoryzomys nigripes in 2 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Santa Maria.

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 nigripes endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the oligoryzomys nigripes?

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

About the oligoryzomys nigripes

Oligoryzomys nigripes, also known as the black-footed colilargo or the black-footed pygmy rice rat, is a rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. Oligoryzomys nigripes is a species that has been further divided into different sister taxa throughout history. It is found in different countries in South America. It is a large species with long ears, dark yellow to dark brown upperparts, sharply delimited from the whitish underparts, and often a pink girdle on the chest. This species of rat spends much of its life among the trees. The karyotype is 2n = 62, FNa = 78–82.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Oligoryzomys nigripes (revision 1312030442), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1766677 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).