Liomys Merriam 1902

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 : 851

Liomys Merriam 1902

Liomys Merriam 1902 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 44.

Type Species: Heteromys alleni Coues 1881

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 14 subspecies:

Species Liomys adspersus (Peters 1874)

Species Liomys irroratus (Gray 1868)

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. irroratus Gray 1868

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. alleni Coues 1881

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. bulleri Thomas 1893

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. guerrerensis Goldman 1911

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. jaliscensis J. A. Allen 1906

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. texensis Merriam 1902

Subspecies Liomys irroratus subsp. torridus Merriam 1902

Species Liomys pictus ( Thomas 1893)

Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. pictus Thomas 1893

Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. annectens Merriam 1902

Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. hispidus J. A. Allen 1897

Subspecies Liomys pictus subsp. plantinarensis Merriam 1902

Species Liomys salvini ( Thomas 1893)

Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. salvini Thomas 1893

Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. crispus Merriam 1902

Subspecies Liomys salvini subsp. vulcani J. A. Allen 1908

Species Liomys spectabilis Genoways 1971

Discussion: Revised by Genoways (1973) with current taxonomy reviewed by Williams et al. (1993). Rogers (1989, 1990) discussed phylogenetic relationships among species and relative to Heteromys . Genoways (1973:44-45), Dowler and Genoways (1978), and Williams et al. (1993) provide keys to species. Cervantes et al. (1999 b) summarized karyotypic variability and relationships among Mexican species.