Scotinomys xerampelinus

(Bangs, 1902)

Long-tailed Singing Mouse

Also as Chiriqui Brown Mouse, Chiriqui Singing Mouse.
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Location:Panama, Chiriqui province, Los Quetzales Ecolodge and SpaDate taken:17 April 2016Description:Also as Chiriqui Brown Mouse, Chiriqui Singing Mouse.

Distribution :

High elevations in Cordilleras Central and Talamancae of Costa Rica to Volcán Chiriquí region in W Panamá.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6592

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bangs, O. 1902-04. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2):17-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199037

Original name as described

Akodon xerampelinus

Other common names

Chiriqui Brown Mouse · Chiriqui Singing Mouse

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10240

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10240

Type locality

"Volcan de Chiriqui, 10, 300 feet (= 3139 m), " Chiriquí Province, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002222

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: 5 names and synonyms.

Akodon xerampelinus

Bangs, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

xerampelinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10240

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Volcan de Chiriqui, [...] 10, 300 feet.

Type locality

Panama.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10240

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199037

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Bangs (1902:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Acodon xerampelinus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

xerampelinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:434, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1905:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Scotinomys xerampelinus:

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

xerampelinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17382)
Goldman (1920:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
Miller (1924:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7841463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39018)
Goodwin (1946:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Handley (1966:784, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
Corbet & Hill (1980:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20053/22389972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotinomys harrisi

G. G. Goodwin, 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

harrisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 62886

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Costa Rica.

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Scotinomys longipilosus

G. G. Goodwin, 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longipilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-141223

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Costa Rica.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-141223

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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