Geomys tropicalis Goldman, 1915 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 28: 134.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Tamaulipas, Altamira .

DISTRIBUTION: Vicinity of Altamira and Tampico in S.E. Tamaulipas (Mexico).

COMMENT: Elevated to species status by Alvarez, 1963, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 14:426-427. Reviewed by Baker and Williams, 1974, Mamm. Species, 35:1 -4, and Williams and Genoways, 1977, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 46:245-264.