Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Oryzomys polius
Osgood 1913
Oryzomys polius
Osgood 1913
,
Field
Mus
. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 97
.
Type Locality:
Perú
,
Amazonas
Dept., mountains east of Balsas, Tambo Carrizal,
5000 ft
(
1524 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Maranon
Oryzomys
.
Distribution:
NC
Perú
(
Amazonas
,
Cajamarca
,
Piura
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Affinities obscure; compared to
O. xanthaeolus
by
Osgood (1913)
. A valid and very distinctive species, all locality records so far confined to the dry lowlands of the upper Río Marañon basin, east of the N Peruvian Andes.