Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae Author James L. Patton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 477 486 book chapter 193477 10.5281/zenodo.7353079 d7982ff8-9a4d-4a58-be28-fc3ee922e379 1-56098-217-9 7353079 Heteromys gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:9 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico , Yucatan , Chichen-Itza . DISTRIBUTION: Yucatan Peninsula ( Mexico ) and N Guatemala . COMMENTS: Subgenus Heteromys . Reviewed by Engstrom et al. (1987a) and Schmidt et al. (1989 , Mammalian Species, 345).