RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE 451 



Guanajuato (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 53, Jan. 16, 

 1952). 



Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae Merriamf* 



1901. Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 3, p. 557, Nov. 29, 1901. 



1901. Reithrodontomys megalotis obscurus Merriamf, Proc. Washington 



Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 558, Nov. 29, 1901. (Sierra Madre, near Guadalupe y 



Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico.) 



Type Locality. — Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas, Mexico. Range. — Sierra 



Madre Occidental of western Mexico. Known range from vicinity of Colonia 



Garcia, northwestern Chihuahua, south to Nevado and Volcan de Colima and 



vicinity of Patzcuaro, Michoacan. Known vertical range from approximately 



6,000 feet at Los Conejos, Michoacan, to 8,500 feet at Nahuatzen, Michoacan 



(Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, pp. 61-62, Jan. 16, 1952) . 



Reithrodontomys megalotis saturatus J. A. Allen and Chapman* 



1897. Reithrodontomys saturatus J. A. Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 201, June 16, 1897. 

 1901. Reithrodontomys saturatus cinereus Merriamf, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 Sci., vol. 3, p. 556, Nov. 29, 1901. (Semidesert area near Chalchicomula 

 (San Andres), Puebla, Mexico. Regarded as identical with saturatus by 

 Davis, Journ. Mamm, vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 391-392, Dec. 12, 1944; and by 

 Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 55, Jan. 16, 1952.) 

 1914. Reithrodontomys megalotis saturatus A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna 



No. 36, p. 36, June 5, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. Altitude, 8,000 feet. Range. — 

 Highlands of central and eastern Mexico. Known range from vicinity of Volcan 

 de Orizaba, west-central Veracruz, west to Ameca, central Jalisco, and north in 

 Sierra Madre Oriental to neighborhood of Galeana, west-central Nuevo Leon. 

 Vertical range from 3,500 feet in mountains near Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, 

 to timber line (about 13,000 feet) on Volcan de Popocatepetl and Volcan de 

 Orizaba (Hooper, op. cit., p. 56). 



Reithrodontomys megalotis amoles A. H. Howellf * 



1914. Reithrodontomys amoles A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 36, 



p. 40, June 5, 1914. 

 1952. Reithrodontomys megalotis amoles Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. 



Misc. Publ. 77, p. 64, Jan. 16, 1952. 

 Type Locality. — Pinal de Amoles, Queretaro, Mexico. Altitude, approxi- 

 mately 7,500 feet. Range. — Known from type locality only. 



Reithrodontomys megalotis alticolus Merriamf* 



1901. Reithrodontomys saturatus alticolus Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 3, p. 556, Nov. 29, 1901. 

 1914. Reithrodontomys megalotis alticolus A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna 



No. 36, p. 37, June 5, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Cerro San Felipe, near city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Alti- 

 tude, 10,000 feet. Range. — Highlands of Oaxaca and probably of Guerrero. 

 Known range from vicinity of Tamazulapan and Cerro Zempoaltepec south to 



