Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam, 1898 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington , 12:118 . TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala , Huehuetenango , Todos Santos, 10,000 ft . DISTRIBUTION: Intermediate to high elevations in mountains of S Chiapas , Mexico , and SW Guatemala . SYNONYMS: altilaneus . COMMENTS: Morphological variation and distribution clarified by Huckaby (1980) . Level of relationship to morphologically similar allopatric forms P. grandis and P. zarhynchus unresolved. Status of altilaneus problematic: synonymized under guatemalensis by Huckaby (1980 ; also see Carleton and Huckaby, 1975 ) but listed as a species by Hall (1981) , who followed Osgood (1909) . Carleton (1989) noted cranial resemblance of altilaneus to P. mexicanus . P. mexicanus species group.