Oryzomys nelsoni Merriam, 1898

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 723-724

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scientific name	Oryzomys nelsoni Merriam, 1898
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Oryzomys nelsoni Merriam, 1898 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:15.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Nayarit, Maria Madre Island .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

STATUS: IUCN - Extinct?

COMMENTS: Known only by 4 specimens of the type series. Allied to O. couesi , under which Hershkovitz (1971) listed it as a subspecies. Others ( Goldman, 1918; Hall, 1981) have maintained it as a species in view of its unique differentiation from mainland O. palustris . Presumed to be extinct (see Wilson, 1991).