Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)

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 : 1126

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scientific name	Microryzomys minutus (Tomes 1860)
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Treatment

[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).