Neotoma lepida

O. Thomas, 1893

Desert Woodrat

Neotoma lepida lepida. Side view, all parts visible except tip of tail.
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Location:USA, CA, San Bernardino Co., near PioneertownDate taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1252

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Neotomini
Genus : Neotoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1893-09-01. On two new members of the genus Heteromys and two of Neotoma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)12(69):233-235.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344001

Original name as described

Neotoma lepida

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Utah." Restricted by E. A. Goldman in 1932 to "somewhere on ‘Simpson's route' between Camp Floyd [= Fairfield] (a few miles west of Utah Lake), Utah, and Carson City, Nevada, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(UT, ID, AZ, NV, OR, CA)

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. insularis

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J.L., Huckaby, D.G. and Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. 2008. The evolutionary history and a systematic revision of woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group. University of California Publications in Zoology 135:1-411. doi:10.1525/california/9780520098664.001.0001

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002237

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Neotoma lepida

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344001

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1910:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15641)
  2. Bailey (1936:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Goldman (1951:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Hall (1981:755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Harris (1984:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31278)
  8. Heaton (1985:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Musser & Carleton (1993:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  11. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  12. Longhofer & Bradley (2006:962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2353)
  13. Matocq, Shurtliff & Feldman (2007:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13277)
  14. Rickart, Robson & Heaney (2008:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5752)
  15. Patton, Huckaby & Álvarez-Castañeda (2008:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2371)
  16. Mead & Swift (2012:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42469)
  17. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  18. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/116988741/123797359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neotoma desertorum

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

desertorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:25739 (= USNM:MAMM:A33139)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34c021790-5619-487b-a6f8-5ab7d6e89a7a

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328798

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Goldman (1910:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15641)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neotoma bella

Bangs, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5308

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5308

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12603421

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neotoma cinerea lepida

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423322

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Neotoma nevadensis

W. P. Taylor, 1910

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:8282

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:8282

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29393597

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Taylor (1911:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29511001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68775)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neotoma intermedia nevadensis

J. Grinnell, Dixon, & Linsdale, 1930

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

515

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)

Neotoma lepida monstrabilis

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

monstrabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:243123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e581f925-201a-449a-9fec-96604a84e5cf

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Patton, Huckaby & Álvarez-Castañeda (2008:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2371)

Neotoma lepida nevadensis

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806087

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Hall (1981:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

Neotoma lepida marshalli

E. A. Goldman, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

marshalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:263984

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34cd0c76f-577e-46e5-bd3c-1812dcbb7091

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Patton, Huckaby & Álvarez-Castañeda (2008:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2371)

Neotoma lepida grinnelli

E. R. Hall, 1942

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

grinnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:10438

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:10438

Authority page

369

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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