Sigmodon Say and Ord, 1825 . J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 4(2):352.

REVIEWED BY: B. R. Blood (BRB); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP); G. Urbano-V. (GUV).

COMMENT: Revised by Bailey, 1902, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 101-116, Zimmerman, 1970, Publ. Mus. Mich. St. Univ. Biol. Ser., 4(9):385-454, and Baker, 1969, Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist., 51: 177-232; karyology reviewed by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:28, 30. Includes Sigmomys as a subgenus; see Husson, 1978:427-429, and Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 129; Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639-673, and Cabrera, 1961:507-508, included Sigmomys in Sigmodon as a synonym. Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):53, listed Sigmomys as a distinct genus. A key to the species of Sigmodon was published by Baker and Shump, 1978, Mamm. Species, 94:1-4. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae.

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