Liomys pictus (Thomas, 1893)

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 477-486 : 482

Liomys pictus (Thomas, 1893) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 12:233.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Jalisco, San Sebastian, 4,300 ft. (1,311 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: West coast of Mexico from Sonora to Chiapas, and east coast in Veracruz south to extreme NW Guatemala.

SYNONYMS: annectens Merriam, escuinapae J. A. Allen, hispidus J. A. Allen , isthmius Merriam, obscurus Merriam, orbitalis Merriam, paralius Elliot, parviceps Goldman, phaeura Merriam, pinetorum Goodwin, plantinarensis Merriam, rostratus Merriam, sonorana Merriam, veraecrucis Merriam.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by McGhee and Genoways (1978, Mammalian Species, 83). It is likely that more than one species is represented by pictus as currently defined (see Morales and Engstrom, 1989, and Rogers, 1990).