Reithrodontomys humulis

(Audubon & Bachman, 1841)

Eastern Harvest Mouse

Side view of captive
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Location:USA, NC, Bladen Co.Date taken:Jan 1, 1979Description : Side view of captive

Distribution :

SE USA, from E Oklahoma and E Texas eastwards to the Atlantic seaboard, from S Maryland to peninsular Florida

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Audubon, J.J. and Bachman, J. 1841-12-01. Descriptions of new species of quadrupeds inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(7):91-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779199

Original name as described

Mus humulis

Type locality

vicinity of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MS, OH, MD, AR, VA, KY, TX, IN, SC, TN, OK, LA, GA, NC, FL, WV, AL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002358

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: 22 names and synonyms.

Mus humulis

(Audubon & Bachman, 1841)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

humulis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779199

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Audubon & Bachman (1842:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)

Mus Carolinensis

(Audubon & Bachman, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623304

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Audubon & Bachman (1842:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Le Contii

(Audubon & Bachman, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lecontii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623305

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Audubon & Bachman (1842:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon Lecontei

(Le Conte, 1853)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lecontei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

413

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779949

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Reithrodon carolinensis

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488220

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Baird (1857:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20633)
  2. Murray (1866:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Reithrodon humilis

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

humilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488216

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Baird (1857:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20633)
  2. Murray (1866:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Ochetodon humilis

(Coues, 1874)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

humilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362035

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Coues (1874:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15059)
  2. True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Reithrodontomys lecontii

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lecontii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894250

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Bangs (1898:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)

Reithrodontomys merriami

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:32832 (= USNM:MAMM:A44853)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/319cb197c-e2c9-4aa3-bb7e-f49ada58fa6f

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894253

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Trouessart (1897:530, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:424, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Bailey (1905:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys humulis dickinsoni

Rhoads, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dickinsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 9240

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41431423

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

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

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