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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Reithrodontomys
--> SUBGENUS Aporodon
SPECIES Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) mexicanus
Author: | Saussure, 1860. | Citation: | Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, Ser. 2, 12: 109. | Common Name: | Mexican Harvest Mouse | Type Locality: | México, Veracruz, Mirador (as restricted by Hooper, 1952:140). | Distribution: | S Tamaulipas and WC Michoacán, México, south through Middle American highlands to W Panamá; Andes of W Colombia and N Ecuador. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Aporodon, mexicanus species group. A species composite requiring detailed revision, as underscored by the large genetic distances disclosed among Middle American populations and the polyphyly of nominal "mexicanus" in the resultant cladogram (Arellano et al., 2003). |
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cherrii (J. A. Allen, 1891) costaricensis J. A. Allen, 1895 garichensis Enders and Pearson, 1940 goldmani Merriam, 1901 howelli Goodwin, 1932 jalapae Merriam, 1901 lucifrons A. H. Howell, 1932 milleri J. A. Allen, 1912 minusculus A. H. Howell, 1932 ocotepequensis Goodwin, 1937 orinus Hooper, 1949 potrerograndei Goodwin, 1945 riparius Hooper, 1955 scansor Hooper, 1950
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