Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Oryzomys legatus Thomas, 1925 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 15:577 . TYPE LOCALITY: Bolivia , Tarija Dept., Carapari, 1000 m . DISTRIBUTION: E Andean slopes of SC Bolivia and NW Argentina . COMMENTS: Considered conspecific with O. capito by Hershkovitz (1960) and Cabrera (1961). Gardner and Patton (1976) viewed legatus as a probable synonym of O. nitidus , to which it appears closely related. Retained here as a species following the study of Massoia (1975 ; also Mares et al., 1989b ) and pending determination of its status with regard to O. nitidus and O. intermedius (see comments therein).