Microryzomys altissimus Osgood 1933

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1126

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325258

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scientific name

Microryzomys altissimus Osgood 1933
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Microryzomys altissimus Osgood 1933 View in CoL

Microryzomys altissimus Osgood 1933 View in CoL , Field Mus . Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 5.

Type Locality: Perú, Pasco Dept., La Quinua, mountains north of Cerro de Pasco, 11,600 ft (3536 m).

Vernacular Names: Paramo Colilargo.

Synonyms: Microryzomys chotanus Hershkovitz 1940 ; Microryzomys hylaeus Hershkovitz 1940 .

Distribution: Subalpine and páramo formations, mostly 2500-4000 m, in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Perú.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Diagnosed as a subspecies of Oryzomys minutus but elevated to species by Hershkovitz (1940), who named two additional subspecies. Subspecific arrangement followed by Cabrera (1961) but none retained by Carleton and Musser (1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Microryzomys

Loc

Microryzomys altissimus Osgood 1933

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Microryzomys altissimus

Osgood 1933: 5
1933
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