Oryzomys munchiquensis J. A. Allen, 1912 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 31:85.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Cauca, Florida, 2300 m .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Colombia, in the basins of Cauca and Patia.

COMMENT: Formerly included in genus Oligoryzomys, which was considered a subgenus of Oryzomys by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:19, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 36. Cabrera, 1961:380, included Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys as a synonym. The relationship of munchiquensis to fornesi and flavescens needs further investigation; see Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161: 36.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035045001.