Neotoma stephensi Goldman, 1905 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18:32.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Arizona, Mohave Co., Hualapai Mtns., 6300 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Extreme SC Utah, N Arizona, and NW New Mexico, USA.

SYNONYMS: relicta.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotoma . Morphological separation from N. lepida and geographic variation reviewed by Hoffmeister and de la Torre (1960). See Jones and Hildreth (1989, Mammalian Species, 328).