Oryzomys bombycinus Goldman, 1912 . Smithson. Misc. Coll., 56(36):6.

REVIEWED BY: R. H. Pine (RHP).

TYPE LOCALITY: Panama, Cerro Azul, near headwaters of Chagres River, 770 m .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Nicaragua to N. Ecuador.

COMMENT: Revised by Pine, 1971, J. Mammal., 52:590-596. May be conspecific with rivularis; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:40-41, and Hall, 1981:617, who listed bombycinus in subgenus Oryzomys . O. bombycinus is conspecific with rivularis (ALG) .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035011001.