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Type Locality. — Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Altitude, sea level. Range. — 

 Known from type locality only, but probably has an extensive range at low eleva- 

 tions along Pacific coast of Mexico. 

 Neotoma alleni vetula (Merriam)t* 



1894. Hodomys vetulus Merriam, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 46, 

 p. 236, Sept. 24, 1894. 



1952. Neotoma alleni vetula Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 5, No. 16, p. 241, Apr. 10, 1952. 



Type Locality. — Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. Range. — Known from type local- 

 ity and Teotitlan, Oaxaca (Hooper, Journ. Mamm., vol. 28, No. 1, p. 55, Feb. 17, 

 1947). 



Neotoma alleni elattura (Osgood) 



1938. Hodomys vetulus elatturus Osgood, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 431, 



Zool. Ser., vol. 20, p. 475, Dec. 31, 1938. 

 1952. Neotoma alleni elattura Kelson, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 5, No. 16, p. 241, Apr. 10, 1952. 

 Type Locality. — Cuapongo (not Chilpancingo) , Guerrero, Mexico (see Sanborn, 

 Fieldiana-Zool., Chicago Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, No. 4, p. 242, Aug. 28, 1947) . 

 Range. — Cuapongo and Chilpancingo in Guerrero west to Tumbiscatio in 

 Michoacan (Kelson, loc. cit.). 



Genus TEANOPUS " Merriam 

 1903. Teanopus Merriam. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, p. 81, May 29, 

 1903. (Type, Teanopus phenax Merriam.) 



Teanopus phenax Merriamf * 



1903. Teanopus phenax Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, p. 81, 



May 29, 1903. 

 Type Locality. — Camoa, Rio Mayo, Sonora, Mexico. Range. — Northern 

 Sinaloa; and lowlands of southern Sonora from Rio Mayo north to San Jose 

 de Guaymas (Burt, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 39, p. 62, Feb. 15, 

 1938) . 



Genus NELSONIA Merriam 

 1897. Nelsonia Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 277. Dec 

 17, 1897. (Type, Nelsonia neotomodon Merriam.) 



Nelsonia goldmani Merriamf* 



1903. Nelsonia goldmani Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, p. 80, 

 May 29, 1903. 



Type Locality. — Mount Tancitaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Range. — Transverse 

 volcanic biotic province extending across southern and highest part of interior 

 Plateau of Mexico (Goldman and Moore, Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 4, p. 357, 

 Feb. 12, 1945). 



v Regarded as a subgenus of Neotoma by Burt and Barkalow, Journ. Mamm., voL 23, No. 3, 

 p. 296, Aug. 14, 1942. 



