Peromyscus megalops Merriam, 1898 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 119.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Oaxaca, La Cieneguilla ranch, near Santa Maria Ozolotepec, 10,000 ft. (3048 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca (Mexico).

COMMENT: Hall, 1981:715, listed melanurus as a subspecies of megalops; but see Huckaby, 1980, Los Ang. Cty. Mus. Contrib. Sci., 326:1-24, who considered melanurus a distinct species. Reviewed by Musser, 1964, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 636:1-22.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008039033001.