Oligoryzomys stramineus Bonvicino and Weksler 1998

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1143

Oligoryzomys stramineus Bonvicino and Weksler 1998

Oligoryzomys stramineus Bonvicino and Weksler 1998 , Z. Saugetierk., 63: 98.

Type Locality: Brazil, Goiás State, Terezina de Goiás, 24 km N Terezina, 15 km SW Rio Paraná (tributary of the upper Rio Tocantins), Fazenda Vao dos Bois, road GO-118, km 275, 424 m; 13º34′29″S, 47º10º57″W.

Vernacular Names: Straw-colored Colilargo.

Distribution: Cerrado (Goiás and Minas Gerais) and Caatinga (Paraíba and Pernambuco) formations of NE and C Brazil (see Bonvicino and Weksler, 1998:Fig. 7).

Discussion: A large-bodied form sympatric with O. fornesi or O. nigripes . Morphometric, karyological (2n = 52, FN = 68), and distributional comparisons with O. chacoensis , O. delticola , and O. nigripes provided by Bonvicino and Weksler (1998); other karyological comparisons by Andrades-Miranda et al. (2001 a).