Oligoryzomys destructor (Tschudi, 1844) . Fauna Peruana, 1:182.

TYPE LOCALITY: E Peru .

DISTRIBUTION: Andes of S Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to WC Bolivia.

SYNONYMS: maranonicus, melanostoma, spodiurus, stolzmanni .

COMMENTS: Karyotype reported by Gardner and Patton (1976) as Oryzomys longicaudatus variant (4). As discussed by Hershkovitz (1940:81), Tschudi's specimens may have originated from haciendas along the Rio Chinchao, Huanuco Dept., Peru, 900-1000 m.