Neotoma floridana (Ord, 1818) . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 181.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Florida, Duval Co., St. Johns River, near Jacksonville .

DISTRIBUTION: C. Florida to Connecticut, S. Illinois, S. W. South Dakota, E.C. Colorado, and E.C. Texas (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Includes magister; see Birney, 1976, J. Mammal., 57:108-109, who stated that further study may show that magister is a distinct species. Reviewed by Wiley, 1980, Mamm. Species, 139:1-7. Birney, 1973, Misc. Publ., Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist., 58:1 -173, showed that this species hybridizes with micropus at one locality but considered floridana and micropus distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008027009001.