Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord, 1825

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 : 467

Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord, 1825 . J. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 42:354.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Florida, St. Johns River .

DISTRIBUTION: Peru and N. Venezuela to S.E. California, S. Nebraska, S. Virginia, and Florida ( U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Formerly included arizonae and mascotensis ; see Zimmerman, 1970, Publ. Mus. Mich. St. Univ. Biol. Ser., 4(9):389, and Severinghaus and Hoffmeister, 1978, J. Mammal., 59(4):868-870. Formerly included alstoni ; see Husson, 1978:429. The status of the forms, assigned to hispidus , from C. and S. America is unclear; see Zimmerman, 1970:445, Dalby and Lillevik, 1969, Publ. Mus. Mich. St. Univ. Biol. Ser., 4:65-104, and Baker and Shump, 1978, Mamm. Species, 94:1-4. Reviewed by Cameron and Spencer, 1981, Mamm. Species, 158:1-9.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008054006001.