Rheomys raptor Goldman 1912

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1166

Rheomys raptor Goldman 1912

Rheomys raptor Goldman 1912 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 60: 7.

Type Locality: Panamá, Darién Prov., Cerro Pirre, near headwaters of Río Limón, 4500 ft (1372 m).

Vernacular Names: Goldman's Ichthyomyine.

Synonyms: Rheomys hartmanni Enders 1939 .

Distribution: Isolated segments in highlands of C Costa Rica and W Panamá ( hartmanni ), and in E Panamá ( raptor ).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Treated as a subspecies of Rheomys trichotis (Cabrera, 1961) , but species status affirmed by Voss (1988). Enders (1939) described hartmanni as a species; recognized as such (e.g., Hall, 1981) until Voss (1988) allocated the form to a subspecies of raptor . Status of the morphologically distinctive hartmanni , isolated in the Talamancan highlands, deserves reconsideration using other information sources.