Oryzomys nelsoni Merriam 1898

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 : 1152

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

Type Locality: México, Nayarit State, María Madre Isl.

Vernacular Names: Nelson's Oryzomys.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct; known only by the 4 specimens of the type series and presumed to be extinct (see Wilson, 1991).

Discussion: Allied to O. couesi , under which Hershkovitz (1971) listed it as a subspecies. Unquestionably a species distinct from mainland O. couesi and O. palustris as others have recognized ( Goldman, 1918; Hall, 1981). See Alvarez-Castañeda and Méndez (2003, Mammalian Species, 735).