354 BULLETIN 128, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



*Oryzomys couesi couesi — Continued. 



1885. Hesperomys couesi True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 597. 1885. (Part.) 

 1893. 0[ryzomys] couesi Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 



6, vol. 11, p. 403. May, 1893. 

 1897. Oryzomys jalapse Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 206. June 16, 1897. (Jalapa, Vera Cruz, 



Mexico.) 

 tl901. Oryzomys jalapx rufinus Merriam, Proc. Washington 



Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 285. July 26, 1901. (Catemaco, Vera 



Cruz, Mexico.) 

 tl901. Oryzomys teapensis Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 3, p. 286. July 26, 1901. (Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico.) 

 tl901. Oryzomys goldmani Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 3, p. 288. July 26, 1901. (Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, 



Mexico.) 

 1904. Oryzomys jalapx apatelius Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., 



publ. 90, zool. ser., vol. 3, p. 266. March 8, 1904. (San Carlos, 



Vera Cruz, Mexico.) 

 1910. Oryzomys ricJiardsoni Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 28, p. 99. April 30, 1910. (Pena Blanca, Nicaragua.) 

 Type Locality. — Coban, Guatemala. (See Thomas, Ann. and 



Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 11, p. 403, May, 1893.) 

 Range. — From northern Vera Cruz southeastward through 



eastern Puebla, eastern Oaxaca, northern and extreme south- 

 ern Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, 



Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, to northwestern Costa 



Rica; altitudinal range from sea level to about 5,000 feet 



mainly in Humid Lower Tropical Zone. 



t*Oryzomys couesi richmondi (Merriam). 



1901. Oryzomys richmondi Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 3, p. 284. July 26, 1901. 

 1918. Oryzomys couesi richmondi Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 43, p. 32. September 23, 1918. 

 Type Locality. — Escondido River (50 miles above Bluefields), 



Nicaragua. 

 Range. — Low river valleys of eastern Nicaragua; Humid Lower 



Tropical Zone. 



t*Oryzomys couesi zygomaticus (Merriam). 



1901. Oryzomys zygomaticus Merriam, Proc. Washington Acad. 

 Sci., vol. 3, p. 285. July 26, 1901. 



1918. Oryzomys couesi zygomaticus Goldman, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 43, p. 32. September 23, 1918. 



Type Locality. — Nenton, Guatemala. 



Range. — Known only from the Chiapas River Valley in south- 

 western Guatemala and south-central Chiapas; Arid Lower 

 Tropical Zone. 



