Heteromys Desmarest, 1817 . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 2nd ed., 14: 181.
REVIEWED BY: S. Anderson (SA); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP)(Mexico).
COMMENT: Revised by Goldman, 1911, N. Am. Fauna, 34:14-32. Hall and Kelson, 1959:543, and Hall, 1981:596, commented on the need for revision of this genus.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410004002000000.