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SPECIES Oryzomys emmonsae

Author:Musser, Carleton, Brothers, and Gardner, 1998.
Citation:Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 236: 233.
Common Name:Emmons’ Oryzomys
Type Locality:Brazil, Pará State, E bank Rio Xingu, 52 km SSW Altamira, below 100 m; 03º39′S, 52º22′W.
Distribution:EC Brazil, south of the Rio Amazonas between the lower reaches of the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers.
Comments:A member of the O. nitidus complex (Musser et al., 1998; Patton et al., 2000). Sympatry with O. macconnelli and O. megacephalus reported by Musser et al. (1998); range limits require further documentation.
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