Oryzomys altissimus Osgood, 1933
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Osgood (1933): Oryzomys altissimus. Field Mus. Nat . Hist. Publ . Zool . Ser. 20
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Microryzomys
- species
- Microryzomys altissimus
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus Microryzomys; see Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159: 13. Kiblisky, 1969, Experientia, 25: 1338, and Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49: 11, 24, considered altissimus a subspecies of minutus.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Andean Ecuador and Peru.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Mt. Pasco, La Quinua, 3480 m.
Name
- Homonyms
- Oryzomys altissimus Osgood, 1933