RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE 441 



Oryzomys fulvescens vegetus Bangs* 



1902. Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) vegetus Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



vol. 39, p. 35, April 1902. 

 1918. Oryzomys fulvescens vegetus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 43, 



p. 93, Sept. 23, 1918. 

 Type Locality. — Boquete, Volcan de Chiriqui, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 

 4,000 feet. Range. — Known from vicinity of type locality only. Zonal range, 

 Upper Tropical. 



Subgenus MELANOMYS Thomas 



1902. Melanomys Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 10, p. 248, 

 September 1902. (Type, Oryzomys phaeopus Thomas.) 



Oryzomys caliginosus idoneus Goldmanf * 



1912. Oryzomys idoneus Goldman, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, No. 36, 



p. 5, Feb. 19, 1912. 

 1918. Oryzomys caliginosus idoneus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 43, 



p. 96, Sept. 23, 1918. 

 Type Locality. — Cerro Azul, near headwaters of Chagres River, Panama, 

 Panama. Altitude, 2,500 feet. Range. — Heavily forested mountain slopes in 

 eastern Panama. Known vertical range from 1,800 to 2,800 feet; zonal range, 

 Humid Lower Tropical. 



Oryzomys caliginosus chrysomelas J. A. Allen* 



1897. Oryzomys chrysomelas J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, 



p. 37, March 11, 1897. 

 1918. Oryzomys caliginosus chrysomelas Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 43, 



p. 97, Sept. 23, 1918. 

 Type Locality. — Suerre, a finca near Jimenez, Limon, Costa Rica. Altitude, 

 1,500 feet. Range. — Western Panama, Costa Rica, and north to northern Nica- 

 ragua. Vertical range from near sea level to about 3,000 feet; zonal range, 

 mainly Humid Lower Tropical. 



Genus OECOMYS Thomas 

 1906. Oecomys Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 18, p. 444, December 

 1906. (Type, Rhipidomys benevolens Thomas. Regarded as a subgenus 

 by Ellerman, The families and genera of living rodents, vol. 2, pp. 340, 342, 

 357, Mar. 21, 1941.) 

 Oecomys endersi Goldman 



1933. Oecomys endersi Goldman, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 23, No. 11, 



p. 525, Nov. 15, 1933. 

 Type Locality. — Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama. Range — Known 

 from type locality only. 



Oecomys trabeatus G. M. Allen and Barbour 



1923. Oecomys trabeatus G. M. Allen and Barbour, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. 65, p. 262, February 1923. 



Type Locality. — Rio Jesucito, Darien, eastern Panama. Range. — Known from 

 type locality only. 



