Oryzomys altissimus Osgood, 1933

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 436

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scientific name	Oryzomys altissimus Osgood, 1933
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Oryzomys altissimus Osgood, 1933 . Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. Zool. Ser., 20:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Mt. Pasco, La Quinua, 3480 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Andean Ecuador and Peru.

COMMENT: Subgenus Microryzomys ; see Voss and Linzey, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 159:13. Kiblisky, 1969, Experientia, 25: 1338, and Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:11, 24, considered altissimus a subspecies of minutus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035003001.

References

Gardner, A. L., and J. L. Patton. 1976. Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical cricetine complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 49: 1 - 48.

Voss, R. S., and A. V. Linzey. 1981. Comparative gross morphology of male accessory glands among Neotropical Muridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) with comments on systematic implications. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 159: 1 - 41.