The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Oryzomys kelloggi

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: RODENTIA
Family: MURIDAE
Scientific Name: Oryzomys kelloggi
Species Authority: Avila-Pires, 1959
Common Name/s:
EnglishKELLOGG'S RICE RAT
Taxonomic Notes: Will be transferred to family Cricetidae.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Baillie, J.

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Brazil

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. and Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmontinae) diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History :1-376.


Citation: Baillie, J. 1996. Oryzomys kelloggi. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 August 2008.
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