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

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

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

from

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in the genus '' Cerradomys''. It is terrestrial and is found in the

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

(savanna) ecozone of south central

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

and

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

. 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,

Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the ...

, 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 '' Monodelphis domestica'', ''

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 ...

'', '' Sciurus spadiceus'', ''

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

nine-banded armadillo The nine-banded armadillo (''Dasypus novemcinctus''), also called the nine-banded long-nosed armadillo or common long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo native to North America, North, Central America, Central, and South America, making ...

(''Dasypus novemcinctus''), the

crab-eating fox The crab-eating fox (''Cerdocyon thous''), also known as the forest dog, wood fox, bushfox (not to be confused with the bush dog) or maikong, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America since at least ...

(''Cerdocyon thous''), the

red brocket The red brocket (''Mazama americana'') is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (it also occurred on the island of ...

(''Mazama americana''), and the brown brocket ('' Mazama gouazoupira'').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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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. * Cerradomys Mammals of Bolivia Rodents of Brazil Mammals of Paraguay Fauna of the Cerrado Mammals described in 2002 {{Sigmodontinae-stub