Oryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Tomes (1860): Oryzomys minutus. Proc. Zool . Soc. Lond. 1860
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Microryzomys
- species
- Microryzomys minutus
discussion
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.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: N. Venezuela, W. and C. Colombia to Ecuador and Peru.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Pallatanga.
Name
- Homonyms
- Oryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860)