Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)

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.11325264

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scientific name

Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)
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[Hesperomys] minutus Tomes 1860 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860: 215.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., probably near Pallatanga.

Vernacular Names: Montane Colilargo.

Synonyms: Microryzomys aurillus (Thomas 1917) ; Microryzomys dryas (Thomas 1898) ; Microryzomys fulvirostris (J. A. Allen 1912) ; Microryzomys humilior (Thomas 1898) .

Distribution: Lower montane to subalpine forest, mostly 2000-3500 m, from N Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Perú, to WC Bolivia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included altissimus as a subspecies by Osgood (1933 a), who also treated aurillus , humilior , and fulvirostris as subspecies. No races were deemed diagnosable by Carleton and Musser (1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Microryzomys

Loc

Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)

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

[Hesperomys] minutus

Tomes 1860: 215
1860
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