Oryzomys munchiquensis J. A. Allen 1912

Oryzomys munchiquensis J. A. Allen, 1912. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31:85. TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Cauca, Florida, 2300 m. DISTRIBUTION: W. Colombia, in the basins of Cauca and Patia. COMMENT: Formerly included in genus Oligoryzomys, which was considered a subgenus of Oryzomys by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:19, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 36. Cabrera, 1961:380, included Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys as a synonym. The relationship of munchiquensis to fornesi and flavescens needs further investigation; see Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 36. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035045001.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 442, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735303