Cerradomys scotti

Cerradomys scotti, also known as Lindbergh's oryzomys,^[2] is a rodent species from South America in the genus Cerradomys. It is terrestrial and is found in the cerrado (savanna) ecozone of south central Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.^[1] The species is common and appears to tolerate a degree of agricultural habitat modification.^[1]

Cerradomys scotti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Cerradomys
Species:	C. scotti
Binomial name
Cerradomys scotti (Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002)
Synonyms
Oryzomys scotti Langguth and Bonvicino, 2002 Oryzomys andersoni Brooks and Baker, 2004 [Cerradomys] scotti Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006 Cerradomys andersoni Dunnum and Vargas, 2008

It was first described in 2002 as Oryzomys scotti, after zoologist Scott Lindbergh.^[3] In 2004, another new species, Oryzomys andersoni, was described by a team from Texas Tech University on the basis of a specimen taken at Pozo Mario, Santa Cruz Department, southeastern Bolivia. It was named after eminent mammalogist Sydney Anderson in honor of his contributions to the study of Bolivian mammals.^[4] It was subsequently recognized as belonging to the same species as Oryzomys scotti on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.^[5] In 2006, the species was transferred to the new genus Cerradomys, so that it became known as Cerradomys scotti, with Oryzomys andersoni as a junior synonym.^[6]

The holotype 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.^[7] It was collected in cerrado habitat. Other mammals found in the same area include Monodelphis domestica, Proechimys longicaudatus, Sciurus spadiceus, Galea spixii, Dasyprocta punctata, the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), the red brocket (Mazama americana), and the brown brocket (Mazama gouazoupira).^[8]

References

1. Bonvicino et al., 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Percequillo et al., 2008
4. Brooks et al., 2004, p. 3
5. Percequillo et al., 2008, p. 21
6. Weksler et al., 2006
7. Brooks et al., 2004, p. 4
8. Brooks et al., 2004, p. 6

Literature cited

• Bonvicino, C., Weksler M. and Percequillo, A. 2008. Cerradomys scotti. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. 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. Cerradomys andersoni. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 7, 2009.
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Percequillo, A.R., E. Hingst-Zaher, and C.R. Bonvicino. 2008. 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.
• Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. R.; Voss, R. S. (2006-10-19). "Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)". American Museum Novitates (3537). American Museum of Natural History: 1–29. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5815. S2CID 84088556.