AnimaliaRodentiaCricetidaeGutiérrezEliécer E.Marinho-FilhoJaderThe mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the CaatingaZookeys1012017201764410515710.3897/zookeys.644.10827 Oligoryzomys rupestris Weksler & Bonvicino, 2005Distribution.

Oligoryzomys rupestris is endemic to the Cerrado, and has been recorded in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Minas Gerais (Weksler and Bonvicino 2005, Pereira and Geise 2009, Di-Nizo et al. 2015).

Conservation status.

The red list of the IUCN ver. 3.1 assigned the category “Data Deficient” to Oligoryzomys rupestris (see Weksler and Bonvicino 2008c). The species appears in the official list of threatened species of Brazil with the category “Endangered” (ICMBIO-MMA 2016).

 WekslerMBonvicinoCR (2005) Taxonomy of pigmy rice rats (genus Oligoryzomys, Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) of the Brazilian Cerrado, with the description of two new species. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63: 113–130. PereiraLGGeiseL (2009) Non-flying mammals of Chapada Diamantina (Bahia, Brazil). Biota Neotropica 9: 185–196. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032009000300019 Di-NizoCBVenturaKFerguson-SmithMAO’BrienPCMYonenaga-YassudaYSilvaMJdJ (2015) Comparative chromosome painting in six species of Oligoryzomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) and the karyotype evolution of the genus. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117579. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117579 WekslerMBonvicinoCR (2008c) Oligoryzomys rupestris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T136425A4289978. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136425A4289978.en [Downloaded 15 October 2016] ICMBio-MMA (Instituto Chico Mendes, Ministério do Meio Ambiemte) (2016) Executive summary of Brazil red book of threatened species of fauna. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade. http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/comunicacao/publicacoes/publicacoes-diversas/dcom_sumario_executivo_livro_vermelho_ed_2016.pdf [Accessed on December 19th, 2016]