Microryzomys minutus

Microryzomys minutus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Microryzomys
Species:	M. minutus
Binomial name
Microryzomys minutus (Tomes, 1860)

Microryzomys minutus, also known as the Montane Colilargo^[2] or the Forest Small Rice Rat,^[1] is a species of rodent in the genus Microryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, but these populations may in fact represent more than one species.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gómez-Laverde and Delgado, 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Gómez-Laverde, M. and Delgado, C. 2008. Microryzomys minutus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 25, 2009.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0