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Family HETEROMYID^. 

 Subfamily Heteromyin^. 

 Genus HETEROMYS Desmarest.^ 

 1817. Eeteromys Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 14, 

 p. 180. Type, Mus anomalus Thompson. 

 Subgenus Heteromys Desinarest. 

 *Heteromys desmarestianus desmarestianus Gray. 



1868. Heteromys desmarestianus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



p. 204. 

 1911. Heteromys desmarestianus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 

 . No. 34, p. 20. September 7, 1911. 

 Type Locality.— Coban, Guatemala. 



Range. — Mountainous portions of western Guatemala, also 

 northern Chiapas and southern Tabasco, Mexico. Humid 

 tropical zone. 



t*Heteromys desmarestianus griseus (Merriam). 



1902. Heteromys griseus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 15, p. 42. March 5, 1902. 



1911. Heteromys desmarestianus griseus Goldman, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 34, p. 22. September 7, 1911. 



Type Locality. — ^Mountains near Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico. 

 Range. — Mountains of western Chiapas and along the Isthmus 

 of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Humid tropical zone. 



t*Heteromys zonalis Goldman. 



1912. Heteromys zonalis Goldman, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 56, 

 No. 36, p. 9. February 19, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Rio Indio, near Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama. 

 *Heteromys longicaudatus Gray. 



1868. Heteromys longicaudatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 p. 204. 



1911. Heteromys longicaudatus Goldman, North Amer. Fauna, 

 No. 34, p. 23. September 7, 1911. 



Type Locality. — "Mexico." 



Range. — Low coastal plains of Tabasco, Mexico, and probably 

 adjacent portions of Chiapas, southwestern Campeche, and 

 northwestern Guatemala. Humid tropical zone. 

 t*Heteromys goldmani Merriam. 



1902. Heteromys goldmani Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 15, p. 41. March 5, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Chicharras, Chiapas, Mexico. 



RANGE.^-Heavily forested Pacific slope of Sierra Madre in 

 extreme southern Chiapas, Mexico, and probably adjacent 

 portions of Guatemala. Humid tropical zone. 



» Revised by Goldmau, North Amer. Fauna, No. 34, pp. 14-32, September 7, 1911. 



