Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881)

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 : 466

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scientific name	Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881)
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Sigmodon alstoni (Thomas, 1881) View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880:691.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Sucre, Cumana Dist .

DISTRIBUTION: N. and E. Venezuela; S. Guyana; Surinam; N. Brazil.

COMMENT: Included in hispidus by Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639-673; but considered a distinct species by Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 129, Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):53, and Husson, 1978:427-429. Included in genus Sigmomys by Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):53; but see Husson, 1978:427-429, and Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 129, who considered Sigmomys a subgenus.