Orthogeomys Merriam 1895
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Geomyidae
Orthogeomys

description: Orthogeomys Merriam 1895
Orthogeomys Merriam 1895, N. Amer. Fauna, 8: 23.
Type Species: Geomys scalops Thomas 1894
Species and subspecies: 11 species with 37 subspecies in 3 subgenera:
Subgenus Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) Merriam 1895
Subgenus Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) Merriam 1895
Subgenus Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) Merriam 1895
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cavator (Bangs 1902)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cavator subsp. cavator (Bangs 1902)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cavator subsp. nigrescens (Goodwin 1943)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cavator subsp. pansa (Bangs 1902)
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cherriei (J. A. Allen 1893)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cherriei subsp. cherriei (J. A. Allen 1893)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cherriei subsp. carlosensis (Goodwin 1934)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cherriei subsp. costaricensis (Merriam 1895)
Species Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) cuniculus Elliot 1905
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) dariensis (Goldman 1912)
Species Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis (Thomas 1893)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. grandis (Thomas 1893)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. alleni Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. alvarezi Schaldach 1966
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. annexus Nelson and Goldman 1933
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. carbo Goodwin 1956
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. engelhardi Felten 1957
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. felipensis Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. guerrerensis Nelson and Goldman 1930
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. huixtlae Villa 1944
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. latifrons (Merriam 1895)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. nelsoni (Merriam 1895)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. pluto Lawrence 1933
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. pygacanthus (Dickey 1928)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. scalops (Thomas 1894)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. soconuscensis Villa 1949
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys) grandis subsp. vulcani Nelson and Goldman 1931
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus (Peters 1865)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. heterodus (Peters 1865)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. cartagoensis (Goodwin 1943)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. dolichocephalus (Merriam 1895)
Species Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus (Le Conte 1852)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. hispidus (Le Conte 1852)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. cayoensis (Burt 1937)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. chiapensis (Nelson and Goldman 1929)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. concavus (Nelson and Goldman 1929)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. hondurensis (Davis 1966)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. isthmicus (Nelson and Goldman 1929)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. latirostris (Hall and Alvarez 1961)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. negatus (Goodwin 1953)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. teapensis (Goldman 1939)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. tehuantepecus (Goldman 1939)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. torridus (Merriam 1895)
Subspecies Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus subsp. yucantanensis (Nelson and Goldman 1929)
Species Orthogeomys (Heterogeomys) lanius (Elliot 1905)
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) matagalpae (J. A. Allen 1910)
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) thaeleri Alberico 1990
Species Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) underwoodi (Osgood 1931)
Discussion: Russell (1968 a) revised the genus, and included Heterogeomys and Macrogeomys as valid subgenera. Hafner (1991) examined molecular phylogenetics of species in the subgenus Macrogeomys while Sudman and Hafner (1992) examined relationships among species within each of the subgenera. Species limits for those taxa known from single localities or otherwise geogeographically restricted areas are poorly defined.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, pp. 859-870 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 864, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535