Oligoryzomys nigripes (rodent)

Mass: 17.7 g based on Barros-Battesti et al. 2000, Bueno and Motta-Junior 2008, Camargo et al. 2015, Cirignoli et al. 2011, Galetti et al. 2015, Vieira et al. 2006, Vieira et al. 2003, and Weksler and Bonvicino 2005

Diet: herbivore based on Talamoni et al. 2008

Abundance: 0.14 to 30.00% (median 9.23%)

Latitudinal range: -30.7° to -16.2°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)

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Found in 22 samples

Argentina: Pedro Gómez Cello, Jacinto L. Arauz

Brazil: Mineração Rio Tinto Reunidas (2000-2002, middle altitude forest), Caucaia do Alto (pitfall traps), Caucaia do Alto (Sherman traps), Sertãozinho (Y10), Fazendinha Agroecológica do km 47 (Fragment A), Ilhas do Barbados (fragment A), Angatuba (native vegetation), Angatuba (abandoned pasture), Angatuba (Eucalyptus forest), Vargem Grande, Itamambuca, Ecological Station of Itirapina, Saibadela, Barra Grande, Campos de Altitude, Itapevi (dry season, April to September 1995), Uberlândia, Morro do Elefante (live traps), Morro do Elefante (pitfall traps), Fazenda Aparecida

Size measurements:
♀ body mass20.3 gN = 5Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
♂ body mass23.9 gN = 7Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
body mass11.09 gN = 41Bueno and Motta-Junior 2008
body mass21.5 gN = 22Camargo et al. 2015
body mass29 gN = 10Cirignoli et al. 2011
body mass16 gN = 63Galetti et al. 2015
body mass23 gN = 1Vieira et al. 2006
body mass29 gN = 5Vieira et al. 2003
body mass25.4 gN = 29Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
condyloincisive length22.9 mmN = 31Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
♀ ear length16.2 mmN = 5Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
♂ ear length15.9 mmN = 7Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
ear length15.3 mmN = 10Cirignoli et al. 2011
ear length17 mmN = 44Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
♀ head and body length93.8 mmN = 5Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
♂ head and body length98.7 mmN = 7Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
head and body length92.0 mmN = 44Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
♀ hind foot length21.6 mmN = 5Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
♂ hind foot length23.0 mmN = 7Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
hind foot length25.5 mmN = 10Cirignoli et al. 2011
hind foot length24.8 mmN = 42Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
skull length25.5 mmN = 31Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
skull width13.3 mmN = 35Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
♀ tail length118.6 mmN = 5Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
♂ tail length121.4 mmN = 7Barros-Battesti et al. 2000
tail length122 mmN = 10Cirignoli et al. 2011
tail length116 mmN = 43Weksler and Bonvicino 2005
total body length228.2 mmN = 10Cirignoli et al. 2011
upper tooth row length3.7 mmN = 35Weksler and Bonvicino 2005

See also Oligoryzomys, Oligoryzomys O. flavescens-O. fornesi, Oligoryzomys chacoensis, Oligoryzomys flavescens, Oligoryzomys fornesi, Oligoryzomys fulvescens, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, Oligoryzomys microtis, Oligoryzomys sp., Oligoryzomys spp.