Oryzomys couesi (Alston, 1877)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 438-439

Oryzomys couesi (Alston, 1877) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876:756.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala, Coban .

DISTRIBUTION: C. Panama to Hidalgo to S. Sonora ( Mexico) and to S. Texas ( U.S.A.); Cozumel Isl. ( Mexico); Jamaica.

COMMENT: Formerly included in palustris ; see Benson and Gehlbach, 1979, J. Mammal., 60:225-228, who considered O. couesi aquaticus distinct from palustris ; also see Haiduk et al., 1980, J. Mammal., 60:610- 614, and Hall, 1981: 1179. Forms not investigated by Benson and Gehlbach, but which are included in this species, were placed in couesi by Hall and Kelson, 1959:556-560. Hall, 1960, Southwest. Nat., 5: 173, considered O. palustris texensis and O. couesi aquaticus conspecific and included couesi in palustris . Subsequently azuerensis , gatunensis (see Handley, 1966, in Wenzel and Tipton, eds., Ectoparasites of Panama, p. 781), cozumelae (see Jones and Lawlor, 1965, Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ., 16:413), and antillarum (see Hershkovitz, 1966, in Wenzel and Tipton, eds., Ectoparasites of Panama, p. 736) were included in palustris but are here included in couesi on the basis of its recognition by Benson and Gehlbach, 1979. Does not include peninsulae . Also see Hall, 1981:611, 1179; subgenus Oryzomys .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035019001 as O. couesi .

5301410008035005001 as O. antillarum .

5301410008035008001 as O. azuerensis .

5301410008035020001 as O. cozumelae .

5301410008035030001 as O. gatunensis .