Orthogeomys heterodus (Peters, 1865) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 177.

TYPE LOCALITY: Costa Rica, exact locality unknown .

DISTRIBUTION: C Costa Rica.

SYNONYMS: cartagoensis Goodwin, dolichocephalus Merriam.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Macrogeomys . Reviewed by Goodwin (1946). Phylogenetic relationships given by Hafner (1991).