Hodomys alleni (Merriam 1892)

[Neotoma] alleni Merriam 1892, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 168.

Type Locality: México, Colima, Manzanillo.

Vernacular Names: Allen's Woodrat.

Synonyms: Hodomys elattura Osgood 1904; Hodomys guerrerensis Goldman 1938; Hodomys vetulus Merriam 1894 .

Distribution: S Sinaloa to Oaxaca; interior México along basins of Río Balsas to C Puebla and Río Tehuacán to N Oaxaca.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Kelson (1952) placed vetulus as a subspecies of N. alleni . See Genoways and Birney, 1974 (Mammalian Species, 41, as Neotoma alleni), who first reported the karyotype (2n=48).