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 Zygodontomys brunneus Thomas, 1898 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 2:269 . TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia , "El Saibal, W. Cundinamarca." Indeterminate nature of type locality discussed by Voss (1991a) . DISTRIBUTION: Intermontane valleys of N Colombia . SYNONYMS: borreroi. COMMENTS: Relegated to a subspecies of Z. brevicauda by Gyldenstolpe (1932) and Hershkovitz (1962) , but specific status documented by Voss (1991a) .