Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis Jones and Lawlor 1965

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1084

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scientific name	Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis Jones and Lawlor 1965
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Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis Jones and Lawlor 1965 View in CoL

Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) spectabilis Jones and Lawlor 1965 View in CoL , Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus . Nat. Hist., 16: 413.

Type Locality: México, Quintana Roo, Isla Cozumel, 2.5 km N San Miguel.

Vernacular Names: Cozumel Harvest Mouse.

Distribution: Restricted to Cozumel Isl, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Aporodon , mexicanus species group. A large insular species, posited to share common ancestry with R. gracilis ( Jones and Lawlor, 1965) , a relationship generally supported by allozymic data ( Arellano et al., 2003). See Jones (1982, Mammalian Species, 193).