Oryzomys alfari

Oryzomys alfari (J. A. Allen, 1897). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:39. TYPE LOCALITY: Costa Rica, Limon, Jimenez, 700 ft. (213 m). DISTRIBUTION: E. Honduras to Panama to N. Ecuador and W. Venezuela. COMMENT: Formerly included in Nectomys; Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:16- 17, placed alfari in Oryzomys (Sigmodontomys). Corbet and Hill, 1980: 144, included alfari in russulus, without comment. Hall, 1981:623, considered alfari a distinct species. Includes russulus; see Cabrera, 1961:418, and Hershkovitz, 1970, J. Mammal., 51:791. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008025001001 as Nectomys alfari.Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 436, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735303