Oryzomys longicaudatus (Bennett, 1832) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Valparaiso .

DISTRIBUTION: Chile; adjacent Argentina; Peru.

COMMENT: Subgenus Oligoryzomys; see Massoia, 1973, Rev. Invest. Agro. INTA, ser. 1, 10(l):21-37, Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49: 19, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161:1-41. Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137, included longicaudatus in nigripes . Gardner and Patton, 1976:19-20, and Myers and Carleton, 1981, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 161:35, considered longicaudatus and flavescens distinct species; further investigation of the relationship of longicaudatus with nigripes, chacoensis, and delticola is needed. Cabrera, 1961:380, 390, included Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys, and included destructor in longicaudatus . OAR considers destructor a separate species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035034001.