Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis
Jones and Lawlor 1965
Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis
Jones and Lawlor 1965
,
Univ.
Kansas
Publ.
Mus
. Nat. Hist., 16: 413
.
Type Locality:
México
,
Quintana Roo
,
Isla
Cozumel, 2.5 km N San Miguel.
Vernacular Names:
Cozumel Harvest Mouse
.
Distribution:
Restricted to Cozumel Isl,
México
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Endangered.
Discussion:
Subgenus
Aporodon
,
mexicanus
species group. A large insular species, posited to share common ancestry with
R. gracilis
(
Jones and Lawlor, 1965
)
, a relationship generally supported by allozymic data (
Arellano et al., 2003
). See Jones (1982, Mammalian Species, 193).