Orthogeomys hispidus (Le Conte, 1852)

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 469-476 : 471

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scientific name	Orthogeomys hispidus (Le Conte, 1852)
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Orthogeomys hispidus (Le Conte, 1852) View in CoL . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 6:158.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico (restricted to Veracruz, near Jalapa, by Merriam, 1895a) .

DISTRIBUTION: Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, and NW Honduras, to S Tamaulipas ( Mexico).

SYNONYMS: cayoensis Burt, chiapensis Nelson and Goldman, concavus Nelson and Goldman, hondurensis Davis, isthmicus Nelson and Goldman, latirostris Hall and Alvarez, negatus Goodwin, teapensis Goldman, tehuantepecus Goldman, torridus Merriam , yucantanensis Nelson and Goldman.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Heterogeomys . May include lanius (see Hall, 1981:511-512). Revised by Nelson and Goldman (1929).

References

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Merriam, C. H. 1895 a. Monographic revision of the pocket gophers, family Geomyidae (exclusive of the species of Thomomys). North American Fauna, 8: 1 - 258.

Nelson, E. W., and E. A. Goldman. 1929. Four new pocket gophers of the genus Heterogeomys from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 42: 147 - 152.