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
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Liomys pictus
(Thomas, 1893)
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 12:233
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico
,
Jalisco
, San Sebastian,
4,300 ft.
(
1,311 m
)
.
DISTRIBUTION: West coast of
Mexico
from
Sonora
to
Chiapas
, and east coast in
Veracruz
south to extreme NW
Guatemala
.
SYNONYMS:
annectens
Merriam,
escuinapae J. A.
Allen,
hispidus J. A.
Allen
,
isthmius
Merriam,
obscurus
Merriam,
orbitalis
Merriam,
paralius
Elliot,
parviceps
Goldman,
phaeura
Merriam,
pinetorum
Goodwin,
plantinarensis
Merriam,
rostratus
Merriam,
sonorana
Merriam,
veraecrucis
Merriam.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by
McGhee and Genoways (1978
, Mammalian Species, 83). It is likely that more than one species is represented by
pictus
as currently defined (see
Morales and Engstrom, 1989
, and
Rogers, 1990
).