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SPECIES Hodomys alleni

Author:Merriam, 1892.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 168.
Common Name:Allen’s Woodrat
Type Locality:México, Colima, Manzanillo.
Distribution:S Sinaloa to Oaxaca; interior México along basins of Río Balsas to C Puebla and Río Tehuacán to N Oaxaca.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Kelson (1952) placed vetulus as a subspecies of N. alleni. See Genoways and Birney, 1974 (Mammalian Species, 41, as Neotoma alleni), who first reported the karyotype (2n=48).
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Synonyms:

    elattura Osgood, 1904
    guerrerensis Goldman, 1938
    vetulus Merriam, 1894

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