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SUBFAMILY Heteromyinae

Author:Gray, 1868.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868: 201.
Comments:Contains the Recent genera Heteromys and Liomys, following Wood (1935), Wahlert (1985, 1993), and Ryan (1989a). However, a review of the generic limits is warranted because biochemical data (Rogers, 1990) suggest that Heteromys as currently defined is paraphyletic relative to Liomys. Williams et al. (1993:100) provided a key to genera.
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GENUS Heteromys

SPECIES oresterus

SUBGENUS Heteromys

SPECIES anomalus

SUBSPECIES anomalus

SUBSPECIES brachialis

SUBSPECIES hershkovitzi

SUBSPECIES jesupi

SPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES australis

SUBSPECIES conscius

SUBSPECIES pacificus

SPECIES desmarestianus

SUBSPECIES desmarestianus

SUBSPECIES chiriquensis

SUBSPECIES crassirostris

SUBSPECIES fuscatus

SUBSPECIES goldmani

SUBSPECIES panamensis

SUBSPECIES planifrons

SUBSPECIES repens

SUBSPECIES subaffinis

SUBSPECIES temporalis

SUBSPECIES underwoodi

SUBSPECIES zonalis

SPECIES gaumeri

SPECIES oasicus

SPECIES teleus

SUBGENUS Xylomys

SPECIES nelsoni

GENUS Liomys

SPECIES adspersus

SPECIES irroratus

SUBSPECIES irroratus

SUBSPECIES alleni

SUBSPECIES bulleri

SUBSPECIES guerrerensis

SUBSPECIES jaliscensis

SUBSPECIES texensis

SUBSPECIES torridus

SPECIES pictus

SUBSPECIES pictus

SUBSPECIES annectens

SUBSPECIES hispidus

SUBSPECIES plantinarensis

SPECIES salvini

SUBSPECIES salvini

SUBSPECIES crispus

SUBSPECIES vulcani

SPECIES spectabilis

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