Oryzomys emmonsae Musser, Carleton, Brothers, and Gardner 1998

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1148

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scientific name	Oryzomys emmonsae Musser, Carleton, Brothers, and Gardner 1998
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Oryzomys emmonsae Musser, Carleton, Brothers, and Gardner 1998 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 236: 233.

Type Locality: Brazil, Pará State, E bank Rio Xingu, 52 km SSW Altamira, below 100 m; 03º39′S, 52º22′W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Emmons' Oryzomys.

Distribution: EC Brazil, south of the Rio Amazonas between the lower reaches of the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers.

Discussion: A member of the O. nitidus complex (Musser et al., 1998; Patton et al., 2000). Sympatry with O. macconnelli and O. megacephalus reported by Musser et al. (1998); range limits require further documentation.