''Oligoryzomys vegetus'', also known as the sprightly colilargoMusser and Carleton, 2005 or sprightly pygmy rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus ''

Oligoryzomys ''Oligoryzomys'' is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Many species are known as pygmy rice rats or colilargos.Musser and Carleton, 2005 The genus is found from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and includes approximately 1 ...

'' of family Cricetidae. It is found only in the mountains of

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and western Panama.

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Literature cited

* *Timm, R. and Woodman, N. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.
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