Oligoryzomys vegetus Bangs 1902

Oligoryzomys vegetus Bangs 1902, Bull. Mus . Comp. Zool., 39: 35.

Type Locality: Panamá, Chiriqui Prov., Volcán de Chiriqui, Boquete, 4000 ft (1219 m).

Vernacular Names: Sprightly Colilargo.

Synonyms: Oligoryzomys creper (Goodwin 1945); Oligoryzomys reventazoni (Goodwin 1945) .

Distribution: Lower montane and montane wet forests, 840-3000 m, in C Costa Rica and W Panamá.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Relegated to a subspecies of O. fulvescens by Goldman (1918) and so arranged thereafter (e.g., Hall, 1981). Bangs (1902), however, correctly recognized the sympatry of his new species with O. fulvescens, and Carleton and Musser (1995) clarified its morphological definition, regional synonymies, and geographic range.