Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)

[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).