Heteromys Desmarest 1817

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 849

Heteromys Desmarest 1817

Heteromys Desmarest 1817 , Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 14: 181.

Type Species: Mus anomalus Thompson 1815

Species and subspecies: 8 species with 19 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Heteromys (Heteromys) Desmarest 1817

Subgenus Heteromys (Xylomys) Merriam 1902

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus (Thompson 1815)

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. anomalus Thompson 1815

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. brachialis Osgood 1912

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. hershkovitzi Hernández-Camacho 1956

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. jesupi J. A. Allen 1899

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) australis Thomas 1901

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. australis Thomas 1901

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. conscius Goldman 1913

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. pacificus Pearson 1939

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus Gray 1868

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. desmarestianus Gray 1868

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. chiriquensis Enders 1938

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. crassirostris Goldman 1912

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. fuscatus J. A. Allen 1908

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. goldmani Merriam 1902

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1912

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. planifrons Goldman 1937

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. repens Bangs 1902

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. subaffinis Goldman 1937

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. temporalis Goldman 1911

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. underwoodi Goodwin 1943

Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. zonalis Goldman 1912

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

Species Heteromys (Xylomys) nelsoni Merriam 1902

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson 2003

Species Heteromys oresterus Harris 1932

Species Heteromys (Heteromys) teleus Anderson and Jarrín-V. 2002

Discussion: Includes Xylomys as a subgenus for H. nelsoni (see also Hall, 1981, and Williams et al., 1993), although the validity of subgenera is questionable ( R. P. Anderson, pers. comm.). Revised by Goldman (1911), with systematics currently under review by R. P. Anderson (pers. comm.). Rogers and Schmidly (1982) partially revised the desmarestianus group. Rogers (1989, 1990) discussed phylogenetic relationships among species, and remarked on at least one undescribed species from Costa Rica, as did Handley (1976) from Venezuela. Distribution and systematics of Colombian species reviewed by Anderson (1999 [2000]). Key to subgenera and species given by Williams et al. (1993:101); Schmidt et al. (1989) also provide a key to species.