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 HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
 --> ORDER RODENTIA
 --> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
 --> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
 --> FAMILY Cricetidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
 --> GENUS Oryzomys
				
  SPECIES Oryzomys tatei 
				
| Author: | Musser, Carleton, Brothers, and Gardner, 1998. |  | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 236: 100. |  | Common Name: | Tate’s Oryzomys |  | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Tungurahua Prov., Palmera, 4000 ft (1219 m). |  | Distribution: | Known from only three localities along E Andean foothills, 1128-1524 m, of C Ecuador. |  | Comments: | A close relative of O. yunganus (see Musser et al., 1998). |  
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