Transitional colilargo

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Sigmodontinae Phylum Chordata Rank Species		Family Cricetidae Tribe Oryzomyini Higher classification Microakodontomys Order Rodent
Genus Microakodontomys Hershkovitz, 1993 Scientific name Microakodontomys transitorius Similar Rodent, Lundomys, Ruschi's rat, Candango mouse, Brucepattersonius

The transitional colilargo (Microakodontomys transitorius) also known as the intermediate lesser grass mouse, is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini known only from two individuals found in the Federal District of Brazil. Although described as a link between oryzomyine and akodontine rodents and placed in its own genus, Microakodontomys, Weksler and coworkers dismissed it as an aberrant Oligoryzomys.

Literature cited

Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0

Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3537: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815.

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Transitional colilargo Wikipedia

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