Orthogeomys grandis (Thomas, 1893)

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 grandis (Thomas, 1893)
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Orthogeomys grandis (Thomas, 1893) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 12:270.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala, Sacatepequez Prov., Dueftas .

DISTRIBUTION: Honduras to Jalisco ( Mexico).

SYNONYMS: alleni Nelson and Goldman, alvarezi Schaldach, annexus Nelson and Goldman, carbo Goodwin, engelhardi Felten, felipensis Nelson and Goldman, guerrerensis Nelson and Goldman, huixtlae Villa, latifrons Merriam , nelsoni Merriam , pluto Lawrence, pygacanthus Dickey, scalops Thomas , soconuscensis Villa, vulcani Nelson and Goldman.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Orthogeomys . Burt and Stirton (1961) and Hall (1981) included pygacanthus in grandis ; Russell (1968a) considered it a distinct species.

References

Burt, W. H., and R. A. Stirton. 1961. The mammals of El Salvador. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 117: 1 - 69.

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.

Russell, R. J. 1968 a. Evolution and classification of the pocket gophers of the subfamily Geomyinae. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 16: 473 - 579.