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 Reithrodontomys brevirostris Goodwin, 1943 . Am. Mus. Novit., 1231:1 . TYPE LOCALITY: Costa Rica , Alajuela Prov. , canyons above Villa Quesada, 5000 ft . DISTRIBUTION: Allopatric populations in highlands of NC Nicaragua (see Jones and Genoways, 1970 ) and C Costa Rica . SYNONYMS: nicaraguae . COMMENTS: Subgenus Aporodon , mexicanus species group. See Jones and Baldassarre (1982 , Mammalian Species, 192).