Oryzomys fulvescens (Saussure, 1860) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12: 102.

REVIEWED BY: G. Urbano-V. (GUV).

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela to Panama to Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Nayarit (Mexico).

COMMENT: Subgenus Oligoryzomys; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:19, 24, and Hall, 1981:620, who considered fulvescens a distinct species. Cabrera, 1961:380, included Oligoryzomys in subgenus Oryzomys . Possibly conspecific with nigripes; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137. Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):48, gave the distribution in Venezuela. Haiduk et al., 1980, J. Mammal., 60:610-614, reviewed the karyology of this species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035028001.