Oryzomys villosus J. A. Allen, 1899. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 210. TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Magdalena Dept., Sierra de Santa Marta, Valparaiso, 1350 m. DISTRIBUTION: N. Colombia. COMMENT: Possibly conspecific with albigularis; see Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 137; subgenus Oryzomys. Also see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:38, who believed that villosus is closely related to capita. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035066001.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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