Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae 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 2 844 858 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Liomys Merriam 1902 Liomys Merriam 1902 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 44 . Type Species: Heteromys alleni Coues 1881 Species and subspecies: 5 species with 14 subspecies: Species Liomys adspersus (Peters 1874) Species Liomys irroratus (Gray 1868) Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. irroratus Gray 1868 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. alleni Coues 1881 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. bulleri Thomas 1893 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. guerrerensis Goldman 1911 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. jaliscensis J. A. Allen 1906 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. texensis Merriam 1902 Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. torridus Merriam 1902 Species Liomys pictus ( Thomas 1893 ) Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. pictus Thomas 1893 Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. annectens Merriam 1902 Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. hispidus J. A. Allen 1897 Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. plantinarensis Merriam 1902 Species Liomys salvini ( Thomas 1893 ) Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. salvini Thomas 1893 Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. crispus Merriam 1902 Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. vulcani J. A. Allen 1908 Species Liomys spectabilis Genoways 1971 Discussion: Revised by Genoways (1973) with current taxonomy reviewed by Williams et al. (1993) . Rogers (1989 , 1990 ) discussed phylogenetic relationships among species and relative to Heteromys . Genoways (1973:44-45) , Dowler and Genoways (1978) , and Williams et al. (1993) provide keys to species. Cervantes et al. (1999 b ) summarized karyotypic variability and relationships among Mexican species.