Transitional colilargo Temporal range: Recent |
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Scientific classification (disputed) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
Genus: |
Microakodontomys Hershkovitz, 1993 |
Species: | M. transitorius |
Binomial name | |
Microakodontomys transitorius Hershkovitz, 1993 |
The transitional colilargo (Microakodontomys transitorius) also known as the intermediate lesser grass mouse, is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini known only from two individuals found in the Federal District of Brazil. Although described as a link between oryzomyine and akodontine rodents and placed in its own genus, Microakodontomys, Weksler and coworkers dismissed it as an aberrant Oligoryzomys.