Peromyscus furvus J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:201.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Veracruz, 1.5 mi E Jalapa, 4400 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: E flanks of Sierra Madre Oriental from extreme S San Luis Potosi to NW Oaxaca, Mexico.

SYNONYMS: angustirostris, latirostris .

COMMENTS: Morphological limits, geographic variation, and distribution reviewed by Huckaby (1980); full synonyms include latirostris (see Hall, 1971) and angustirostris (see Musser, 1964). Considered a member of the mexicanus group by Hooper (1968b); segregated as P. furvus species group, tentatively including P. ochraventer and P. mayensis, by Carleton (1989).