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central Chiapas and of western and central Guatemala. Known range from 

 vicinity of Bochil, Chiapas, southeast to San Pedro Yepocapa and Sierra de las 

 Minas, Guatemala. Vertical range from approximately 3,500 feet near Prusia, 

 Chiapas, to 6,400 feet near Chajul, Guatemala (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. 

 Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 145, Jan. 16, 1952) . 



Reithrodontomys mexicanus orinus Hooper* 



1949. Reithrodontomys mexicanus orinus Hooper, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 62, p. 169, Nov. 16, 1949. 



Type Locality. — Hacienda Chilata, about 12 miles southeast of Sonsonate, near 

 summit of Balsam Range, Sonsonate, El Salvador. Altitude, 2,000 feet. 

 Range. — Mountain slopes of El Salvador and of southeastern Guatemala; from 

 San Rafael and Lago de Amatitlan, Guatemala, southeast in coastal chain of 

 volcanoes to Balsam Range, El Salvador, and southeast on southern flanks of 

 interior highlands of El Salvador as far as Cerro Cacaguatique; vertical range 

 from 2,000 feet at Hacienda Chilata to 7,000 feet at San Rafael, Guatemala 

 (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, pp. 147-148, Jan. 16, 1952) . 



Reithrodontomys mexicanus ocotepequensis Goodwin 



1937. Reithrodontomys mexicanus ocotepequensis Goodwin, Amer. Mus. Nov., 



No. 921, p. 1, May 3, 1937. 

 Type Locality. — Monte Verde, 30 miles northwest of city of Ocotepeque, 

 Ocotepeque, Honduras. Altitude, 4,500 feet. Range. — Interior highlands of 

 western Honduras and extreme northern El Salvador. Known range from Monte 

 Verde west to Monte Linderos, 5,700 feet, Honduras, and south to Los Esesmiles, 

 3,000 feet, El Salvador (Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, 

 p. 149, Jan. 16, 1952). 



Reithrodontomys mexicanus lucifrons A. H. Howellf * 



1932. Reithrodontomys mexicanus lucifrons A. H. Howell, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 45, p. 125, July 30, 1932. 

 1932. Reithrodontomys mexicanus minusculus A. H. Howellf, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 45, p. 125, July 30, 1932. (Comayaguela, just south of 

 Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras. Altitude, 3,000 feet.) 

 Type Locality. — Cerro Cantoral, about 15 miles (air line) north-northwest of 

 Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras. Altitude, about 6,000 feet. 

 Range. — Highlands of central and eastern Honduras and northwestern Nicaragua. 

 Known range from vicinity of Muya, Honduras, southeast to Rio Coco (probably 

 headwaters near Ocotal) , Nicaragua. Vertical range from approximately 3,500 

 feet at Comayaguela to 6,000 feet on Cerro Cantoral, Honduras (Hooper, Univ. 

 Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 77, p. 150, Jan. 16, 1952). 



Reithrodontomys mexicanus cherrii (J. A. Allen)* 



1891. Hesperomys (Vesperimus) cherrii J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 3, p. 211, Apr. 17, 1891. 



1895. Reithrodontomys costaricensis J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 7, p. 139, May 21, 1895. (La Carpintera, Cartago, Costa Rica. Alti- 

 tude, 5,000 feet.) 



1914. Reithrodontomys mexicanus cherrii A. H. Howell, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 36, p. 73, June 5, 1914. 



