Liomys irroratus (Gray, 1868) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868:205.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca (restricted by Genoways, 1973:111) .

DISTRIBUTION: S Texas (USA), and SC Chihuahua to Oaxaca (Mexico).

SYNONYMS: acutus Hall and Villa-R., albolimbatus Gray, alleni Coues, bulleri Thomas, canus Merriam, exiguus Elliot, guerrerensis Goldman, jaliscensis J. A. Allen, minor Merriam, pretiosus Goldman, pullus Hooper, texensis Merriam, torridus Merriam, yautepecus Goodwin.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Dowler and Genoways (1978, Mammalian Species, 82).