Heteromys Desmarest 1817
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Heteromyidae
Heteromys

description: Heteromys Desmarest 1817
Heteromys Desmarest 1817, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 14: 181.
Type Species: Mus anomalus Thompson 1815
Species and subspecies: 8 species with 19 subspecies in 2 subgenera:
Subgenus Heteromys (Heteromys) Desmarest 1817
Subgenus Heteromys (Xylomys) Merriam 1902
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus (Thompson 1815)
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. anomalus Thompson 1815
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. brachialis Osgood 1912
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. hershkovitzi Hernández-Camacho 1956
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus subsp. jesupi J. A. Allen 1899
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) australis Thomas 1901
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. australis Thomas 1901
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. conscius Goldman 1913
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) australis subsp. pacificus Pearson 1939
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus Gray 1868
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. desmarestianus Gray 1868
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. chiriquensis Enders 1938
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. crassirostris Goldman 1912
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. fuscatus J. A. Allen 1908
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. goldmani Merriam 1902
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1912
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. planifrons Goldman 1937
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. repens Bangs 1902
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. subaffinis Goldman 1937
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. temporalis Goldman 1911
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. underwoodi Goodwin 1943
Subspecies Heteromys (Heteromys) desmarestianus subsp. zonalis Goldman 1912
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897
Species Heteromys (Xylomys) nelsoni Merriam 1902
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson 2003
Species Heteromys oresterus Harris 1932
Species Heteromys (Heteromys) teleus Anderson and Jarrín-V. 2002
Discussion: Includes Xylomys as a subgenus for H. nelsoni (see also Hall, 1981, and Williams et al., 1993), although the validity of subgenera is questionable (R. P. Anderson, pers. comm.). Revised by Goldman (1911), with systematics currently under review by R. P. Anderson (pers. comm.). Rogers and Schmidly (1982) partially revised the desmarestianus group. Rogers (1989, 1990) discussed phylogenetic relationships among species, and remarked on at least one undescribed species from Costa Rica, as did Handley (1976) from Venezuela. Distribution and systematics of Colombian species reviewed by Anderson (1999 [2000]). Key to subgenera and species given by Williams et al. (1993:101); Schmidt et al. (1989) also provide a key to species.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 849, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535