RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE 461 



Reithrodontomys hirsutus Merriamf * 



1901. Reithrodontomys hirsutus Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 3, 



p. 553, Nov. 29, 1901. 

 1901. Reithrodontomys levipes Merriamf, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 

 3, p. 554, Nov. 29, 1901. (San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, 3,000 

 feet.) 

 Type Locality. — Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude, 4,000 feet. Range. — 

 Moderate elevations in mountains of western Jalisco and southern Nayarit. 

 Known range from Santa Isabel, south to Sierra de San Sebastian and east to 

 Ameca, Jalisco. Vertical range from 3,000 feet near San Jose del Conde to 4,000 

 feet at Ameca (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 125, Jan. 

 16,1952). 



Subgenus APORODON A. H. Howell 



1914. Aporodon A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna No. 36, p. 63, June 5, 1914. 

 (Type, Reithrodontomys tenuirostris Merriam.) 



mexicanus — group 

 Reithrodontomys gracilis gracilis J. A. Allen and Chapman* 



1897. Reithrodontomys mexicanus gracilis J. A. Allen and Chapman, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 9, Feb. 23, 1897. 

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



76, June 5, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Chichen-Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Altitude, 75 feet. Range— - 

 Semiarid parts of Yucatan Peninsula. Known range from near sea level at Pro- 

 greso, Yucatan, south to vicinity of Cayo, 1,000 feet, British Honduras, and 

 Apazote, 300 feet, Campeche (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 

 77, p. 132, Jan. 16, 1952). 



Reithrodontomys gracilis anthonyi Goodwin* 



1932. Reithrodontomys gracilis anthonyi Goodwin, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 560, 

 p. 3, Sept. 16, 1932. 



Type Locality. — Sacapulas, El Quiche, northwestern Guatemala. Altitude, 

 4,500 feet. Range. — Arid valleys and slopes of central and southeastern Guate- 

 mala and of El Salvador. Known range from Monte Cristo mine, 700 feet, El 

 Salvador, to Sacapulas, 4,500 feet, Guatemala (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. 

 Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 133, Jan. 16, 1952). 



Reithrodontomys gracilis pacificus Goodwin* 



1932. Reithrodontomys pacificus Goodwin, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 560, p. 2, 

 Sept. 16, 1932. 



1952. Reithrodontomys gracilis pacificus Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. 

 Misc. Publ. 77, p. 135, Jan. 16, 1952. 



Type Locality. — Hacienda California, a cattle ranch on Pacific coast, 6 miles 

 from Ocos, and about same distance from Chiapas border, San Marcos, Guate- 

 mala. Near sea level. Range. — Pacific coastal plain and slopes in Chiapas and 

 Guatemala. Known range from vicinity of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, to San Jose, 

 Guatemala. Vertical range from near sea level at San Jose and Hacienda Cali- 

 fornia, to about 2,000 feet at Finca El Cipres, Guatemala (Hooper, loc. cit.). 



