Heteromys australis Thomas, 1901 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 7:174.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Cachabi River, San Javier, below Cachabi .

DISTRIBUTION: E Panama south to SW Colombia and NW Ecuador.

SYNONYMS: conscius Goldman, lomitanis J. A. Allen, pacificus Pearson.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Heteromys . North American subspecies listed by Hall (1981); South American ones by Cabrera (1961).