Microryzomys Thomas 1917

Moreira, Camila Do Nascimento, Ventura, Karen, Percequillo, Alexandre Reis & Yonenaga-Yassuda, Yatiyo, 2020, A review on the cytogenetics of the tribe Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), with the description of new karyotypes, Zootaxa 4876 (1), pp. 1-111 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4876.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4566471
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scientific name	Microryzomys Thomas 1917
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The genus Microryzomys comprises two species, M. altissimus (Osgood 1933) , and M. minutus (Tomes 1860) . These species were endemic to the northern and central Andes, from northern Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, to central Bolivia ( Carleton & Musser 1989; Carleton 2015).