Oryzomys melanotis Thomas, 1893 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 11:404.

REVIEWED BY: G. Urbano-V. (GUV).

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Jalisco, Mineral San Sebastian .

DISTRIBUTION: El Salvador; N. Belize and N. Honduras to Yucatan and Oaxaca to C. Tamaulipas and S. Sinaloa (Mexico).

COMMENT: Includes rostratus; subgenus Oryzomys; see Hooper, 1953, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 544:8, and Hall, 1981:613.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035040001.