ROUENTIA: HETEROMYIDAE 421 



irroratus — group 



Lioinys irroratus irroratus (Gray)* 



1868. Heteromys irroratus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pt. 1, p. 205, 



May 1868. 

 1868. Heteromys albolimbatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, pt. 1, p. 



205, May 1868. (La Parada, Oaxaca, Mexico.) 

 1911. Liomys irroratus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 34, p. 53, Sept. 7, 



1911. 

 Type Locality. — Near city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Range. — High plains 

 and mountain slopes of central Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico. Known range 

 from Cerro Zempoaltepec and the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, west to vicinity of 

 Chilpancingo, Guerrero; vertical range, approximately 4,500 to 8,000 feet 

 (Hooper and Handley, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. LIniv. Michigan No. 514, p. 5, 

 Oct. 29, 1948) . 



Liomys irroratus torridus Merriamf * 



1902. Liomys torridus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, p. 45, 

 Mar. 5, 1902. 



1903. Heteromys exiguus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 71, Zool. Ser., vol. 

 3, No. 8 (February), p. 146, Mar. 20, 1903. (Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, 

 Mexico.) 



1911. Liomys irroratus torridus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 34, p. 55, 

 Sept. 7, 1911. 



Type Locality. — Cuicatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico. Range. — Arid interior slopes 

 and valleys east of Rio Balsas drainage in northern Oaxaca and southeastern 

 Puebla, Mexico. Known geographic and vertical range from Cuicatlan, 2,500 

 feet, Oaxaca, north to Tepanco, 5,700 feet, Peubla (Hooper and Handley, Occ. 

 Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 514, p. 11, Oct. 29, 1948) . 



Liomys irroratus minor Merriamf* 



1902. Liomys torridus minor Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, 

 p. 45, Mar. 5, 1902. 



1911. Liomys irroratus minor Goldman, North Amer. Fauna No. 34, p. 56, 

 Sept. 7, 1911. 



Type Locality. — Huajuapan, Oaxaca, Mexico. Range. — Upper slopes and 

 plains of Rio Balsas drainage basin in northwestern Oaxaca, eastern Guerrero, 

 southwestern Puebla, and Morelos, Mexico. Known range from Huajuapan and 

 Tlapacingo, Oaxaca. north to Cuernavaca and Yautepec, Morelos; vertical range 

 from 3,000 feet at Puente de Ixlle to 5,000 feet at Huajuapan (Hooper and 

 Handley, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 514, p. 13, Oct. 29 1948). 

 Also recorded from Tlapa and Tlalixtaquilla, Guerrero, Mexico (Hall and Kelson, 

 Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, No. 26, p. 365, Dec. 15, 1952) . 



Liomys irroratus pullus Hooper* 



1947. Liomys irroratus pullus Hooper, Journ. Mamm., vol. 28, No. 1, p. 47, 

 Feb. 17, 1947. 



Type Locality. — Tlalpan, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Altitude, 2,250 meters. 

 Range. — Known only from localities near Mexico, Distrito Federal, 7,500 to 8,500 



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