rom the locality given by Osgood, (c) Osgood indicated that the
specimens he saw were not typical of _P. t. gilberti_ and (d) _P. m.
gilberti_, geographically the nearest subspecies, is recorded otherwise
no closer to Prineville than Grants Pass, approximately 175 miles
southwest in southwestern Oregon.
~Sigmodon hispidus cienegae~ A. B. Howell
J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:28, March 16, 1893) listed
as _Sigmodon hispidus arizonae_ Mearns one specimen from Granados,
Sonora, at a time when _S. h. cienegae_ had not been named. We have
examined the specimen (5389 AMNH) which has the skull inside and which
lacks external measurements. It was taken on November 16, 1890, and is
darker than specimens of _S. h. arizonae_ collected in September at Fort
Verde, Arizona. The color is essentially as in specimens of _S. h.
cienegae_ from Fairbank, Arizona (March-taken specimens). Because of
this agreement in color and because of the geographic origin of the
specimen from Granados, we refer the animal to _Sigmodon hispidus
cienegae_.
~Sigmodon hispidus zanjonensis~ Goodwin
Goodwin (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 79:169, May 29, 1942) listed four
specimens from Honduras (El Jaral, 2; and Las Ventanas, 2) as _Sigmodon
hispidus saturatus_ Bailey. Because these localities fall within the
geographic range of _S. h. zanjonensis_ we were lead to examine the
specimens. Three are young and one (126113 AMNH from Las Ventanas) is an
adult female. The underparts of the young are washed with rufous as in
_S. h. saturatus_. The adult lacks this rufous as do specimens of _S. h.
zanjonensis_ and some specimens of _S. h. saturatus_. In the adult the
color of the upper parts and size of the upper cheek-teeth are
intermediate between the dark-backed, small-toothed _S. h. saturatus_
and the paler-backed, large-toothed _S. h. zanjonensis_. The rostrum is
intermediate in width but definitely nearer the broad condition which
obtains in _S. h. saturatus_. The tail is long, actually and in relation
to the body (total length 275, tail 130), as in _S. h. zanjonensis_ to
which we refer the specimens in question.
~Oryzomys couesi couesi~ (Alston)
For alleged occurrence at Reforma in Oaxaca, Mexico (Goldman, N. Amer.
Fauna, 43:31, September 23, 1918), see under _Oryzomys couesi mexicanus_
Allen.
~Oryzomys couesi mexicanus~ J. A. Allen
Goldman (N. Amer. Fauna, 43, September 23, 1918) listed, as in the Field
Museum of Natural Hi
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