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t*Heteromys australis conscius Goldman. 



1913. Heteromys australis conscius Goldman, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 60, No. 22, p. 8. February 28, 1913. 



Type Locality. — Cana, mountains of eastern Panama. Alti- 

 tude, 2,000 feet. 



Subgenus XYLOMYS Merriam. 



1902. Xylomys Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, 

 p. 43. March 5, 1902. Type, Heteromys nelsoni Merriam. 



t*Heteromys nelsoni Merriam. 



1902. Heteromys {Xylomys) nelsoni Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington, vol. 15, p. 43. March 5, 1902. 

 Type Locality.— Pinabete, Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude, 8,200 



feet. 

 Range. — Humid, heavily forested Pacific slopes of Sierra Madre 



in southern Chiapas, Mexico, and doubtless adjacent portions 



of Guatemala. 



Genus LIOMYS Merriam." 



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

 p. 44. March 5, 1902. Type, Heteromys alleni Coues. 



pidus-growp. 



*Liomys pictus pictus (Thomas). 



1893. Heteromys pictus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 



vol. 12, p. 233. September, 1893. 

 1897. Heteromys hispidus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 9, p. 56. March 15, 1897. (Compostela, Nayarit, 



Mexico.) 

 1911. Liomys pictus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, No. 34, p. 33. 



September 7, 1911. 

 Type Locality. ^Mineral San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico, 



Altitude, 4, 300 feet. 

 Range. — Coastal plains and basal mountain slopes in western 



Jalisco and Colima and probably western Michoacan. Arid 



tropical zone. 



*Liomys pictus escuinapae (Allen). 



1906. Heteromys pictus escuinapae Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 22, p. 211. July 25, 1906. 

 1911. Liomys pictus escuinapx Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 34, p. 35. September 7, 1911. 

 Type Locality. — Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico. 

 Range. — Coastal plains and Pacific slopes of Sierra Madre from 



southern Sinaloa southward, passing into typical pictus in 



southern Tepic and northwestern Jalisco. Arid tropical and 



lower Sonoran zones. 



7* Revised by Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, No. 34, pp. 32-63, Sept. 7, 1911. 



