Oryzomys minutus

Oryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860:215. REVIEWED BY: R. D. Owen (RDON); R. H. Pine (RHP). TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Pallatanga. DISTRIBUTION: N. Venezuela, W. and C. Colombia to Ecuador and Peru. COMMENT: Subgenus M.icroryzomys; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:11, 24, who included altissimus in this species; but also see Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:13, who considered altissimus a distinct species. Subgenus Microryzomys reviewed by Myers and Carleton, 1981, Mise. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161:11-12. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035044001.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 pages 441-442, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735303