Heteromys anomalus (Thompson, 1815) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 11:161.

TYPE LOCALITY: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad .

DISTRIBUTION: W and N Colombia east to N Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, and Margarita Island.

SYNONYMS: brachialis Osgood, hershkovitzi Hernândez-Camacho, jessupi J. A. Allen, melanoleucus Gray, thompsoni Lesson.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Heteromys . South American subspecies listed by Cabrera (1961) and distribution mapped by Eisenberg (1989).