2G0 BULLETIN 128, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



Genus PLATYGEOMYS Merriam.''^ 



1895. Platygeomys Merriam, North Amer, Fauna, No. 8, p. 162. 

 January 31, 1895. Type, Geomys gymnurus Merriam. 



t* Platygeomys gymnurus (Merriam). 



1892. Geomys gymnurus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 



vol. 7, p. 166. September 29, 1892. 

 1895. Platygeomys gymnurus Merriam, North iVmer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 164. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Zapotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. 

 Range. — -Valley of Zapotlan and adjacent slopes of the Sierra 



Nevada de Colima, Jalisco, and the upper edge of the plain of 



Colima, Mexico. 



t*Platygeomys neglectus Merriam. 



1902. Platygeomys neglectus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 15, p. 68. March 22, 1902. 



Type Locality. ^Cerro de la Calentura, about 8 miles northwest 

 of Pinal de .Vmoles, Queretaro, Mexico. Altitude, 9,000 feet. 



t*Platygeomy3 tylorliinus tylorhinus Merriam. 



1895. Platygeomys tylorhinus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 167. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — ^Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. 

 Range. — Tula, Hidalgo, and thence southwesterly along the 



north slope of the Sierra Madre to the vicinity of Patzcuaro, 



Michoacan. 



t*Plat3'^geomys tylorhinus angustirostris Merriam. 



1903. Platygeomys tylorhinus angustirostris Merriam, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Washington, vol. 16, p. 81. May 29, 1903. 



Type Locality. — Patamban, Michoacan, Mexico. 



t*Platygeomys planiceps Merriam. 



1895. Platygeomys planiceps Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 8, p. 168. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — North Slope Volcano of Toluca, State of 



Mexico, Mexico. 

 Range. — Northern and eastern slopes of the volcano of Toluca 



and adjacent part of the valley to the city of Toluca, from an 



altitude of 8,600 feet up to the vicinity of timber line. 



t*Platygeomys fumosus (Merriam). 



1892. Geomys fumosus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 7, p. 165. September 29, 1892. 

 1895. Platygeomys fumosus Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 8, 



p. 170. January 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Colima City, Coluna, Mexico. 

 Range.— Plain of Colima, Mexico (altitude, 1,500 to 2,000 feet). 



' Revised by Merriam, Nortti Amer. Fauna, No. $, pp. 102-171, Jan. 31, 1895. 



