''Cerradomys scotti'', also known as Lindbergh's oryzomys, is a

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

from

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in the genus ''

Cerradomys ''Cerradomys'' is a genus of oryzomyine rodents from eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and central Brazil found in cerrado, Caatinga and Gran Chaco habitats. The species in this genus have historically been placed in ''Oryzomys'', but according to cl ...

''. It is terrestrial and is found in the

cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ...

(savanna) ecozone of south central

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and

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. The species is common and appears to tolerate a degree of agricultural habitat modification. It was first described in 2002 as ''Oryzomys scotti'', after zoologist Scott Lindbergh. In 2004, another new species, ''Oryzomys andersoni'', was described by a team from

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on the basis of a specimen taken at Pozo Mario,

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, southeastern

. It was named after eminent mammalogist Sydney Anderson in honor of his contributions to the study of Bolivian mammals.Brooks et al., 2004, p. 3 It was subsequently recognized as belonging to the same species as ''Oryzomys scotti'' on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. In 2006, the species was transferred to the new genus ''Cerradomys'', so that it became known as ''Cerradomys scotti'', with ''Oryzomys andersoni'' as a

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. The

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of ''Oryzomys andersoni'' has a white belly and a grey–brown back with a black dorsal stripe. It has head-body length 111 mm, tail length 122 mm, hindfoot length 30 mm, ear length 17 mm and weight 37 g. It was collected in

habitat. Other mammals found in the same area include ''

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'', ''

Proechimys longicaudatus The long-tailed spiny rat (''Proechimys longicaudatus'') is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. Description The long-tailed spiny rat is a large rat with a head-and-body length of between and a tail length of . The fur i ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Galea spixii Spix's yellow-toothed cavy (''Galea spixii'') is a rodent, a cavy species from South America. It is found in Bolivia east of the Andes and much of south central to northeastern Brazil. The species is found in open savanna and semiarid habitats, ...

'', '' Dasyprocta punctata'', the

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(''Dasypus novemcinctus''), the

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(''Cerdocyon thous''), the

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(''Mazama americana''), and the brown brocket (''

Mazama gouazoupira The gray brocket (''Mazama gouazoubira''), also known as the brown brocket, is a species of brocket deer from northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It formerly included the Amazonian brow ...

'').Brooks et al., 2004, p. 6

References

Literature cited

*Bonvicino, C., Weksler M. and Percequillo, A. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.
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. Downloaded on November 7, 2009. *Brooks, D.M., Baker, R.J., Vargas M., R.J., Tarifa, T., Aranibar, H. and Rojas, J.M. 2004. A new species of ''Oryzomys'' (Rodentia: Muridae) from an isolated pocket of cerrado in eastern Bolivia. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 241:1-11. *Dunnum, J. and Vargas, J. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.
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Systematic review of genus ''Cerradomys'' Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of two new species from Eastern Brazil
''American Museum Novitates'' 3622:1–46. * Mammals of Brazil Cerradomys Mammals described in 2002 {{Sigmodontinae-stub