Oryzomys intermedius (Leche, 1886)

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 : 722

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scientific name	Oryzomys intermedius (Leche, 1886)
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Oryzomys intermedius (Leche, 1886) . Zool. Jahrb., 1:693.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Taquara do Mundo Novo .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, and NE Argentina (fide Massoia, 1975).

COMMENTS: Classified as a subspecies of O. capito by Cabrera (1961) although its distinction from laticeps (= O. capito ) was earlier maintained by Moojen (1952). Gardner and Patton (1976) perceived the closer kinship of intermedius to O. nitidus and suggested their synonymy. Oryzomys intermedius , O. legatus , O. macconnelli , and O. nitidus form a closely-related complex whose interrelationships, specific stature, and distributions deserve investigation.